He 'kicked the bucket' a few years ago means...
he died a few years ago.
he was able to kick his KFC addiction a few years ago.
he kicked a bucket a few years ago.
The idiom 'As sick as a parrot' comes from
a 1963 horror movie in which sick parrots attack people
a 1926 global epidemic spread by human contact with parrots
a 1971 comedy sketch about a dead parrot
'On death's door' means
to knock on a door at Halloween.
to be close to death.
to be carried on a door when dead.
'To have a frog in your throat' means...
to have eaten frog's legs.
to sound croaky like a frog.
to have a frog in your throat.
The idiom 'under the weather' originates from...
the negative feelings we get during bad weather.
people feeling unwell.
sailors going to their cabins below deck during a storm.
'round the bend' means
to be fat
to be crazy
to be lost
In the phrase 'Over the hill', what is the hill?
A hill.
Life's journey from birth to death.
Another way to say 'ill'.
'Under the knife' refers to
someone who is being threatened with a knife.
someone who is about to lose their job.
someone who is having surgery.
'A bitter pill to swallow' refers to...
attempting to kill yourself with a poison pill.
a bitter pill to swallow.
having to accept a difficult situation, like failing an exam
'As white as a sheet' refers to
someone who looks very pale, because of shock or illness.
someone who looks like a white sheet.
someone who looks very pale, and therefore beautiful.
“Even the sight of cheese turns my stomach! I don’t know why.”
Makes me feel bad.
Makes me feel excited.
Makes me feel nervous.
'A pain in the neck' refers to someone who...
has a pain in their neck
is really annoying
has a piano on their head.
To be between a rock and a hard place
To have no good way out of a difficult situation.
To be crushed to death.
To be between a rock and a hard place.
A catch 22 situation is one where...
You can break a bad habit by not doing it for 22 days
Two of the possible outcomes are good and two are bad.
Whatever choice you make, the result will be bad.
