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  • Caught between two stools
    Falling off a chair because of indecision
    Unable to decide between two mules
    Unable to decide between two options
    Having too many choices
  • On tenterhooks
    Sitting on tiny hooks
    Feeling relaxed while waiting
    Feeling anxious while waiting for something
    Feeling anxious while waiting for someone
  • Get your wires crossed
    Wrapping yourself in electrical wires
    Have a misunderstanding
    Have a perfect conversation
    Have your tires crossed
  • A feather in one's cap
    An achievement to be proud on
    Wearing a hat made of bird feathers
    An achievement to be proud of
    A mistake that brings shame
  • The apple of one's eye
    Someone cherished and loved
    An actual apple with eyes
    Someone cherished and fried
    Someone who is annoying but important
  • Look down on someone
    Think of someone as less elephant
    Think of someone as less important
    Respect someone too much
    Looking down from a tall building
  • Cut corners
    To do something in the easiest, cheapest way
    Literally cutting the edges of squares
    To avoid doing something difficult
    To do something in the easiest, sheepest way
  • Heard on the grapevine
    To hear something from an official source
    To learn something through custard
    To learn something through gossip
    Talking to a bunch of grapes
  • Bleeding heart
    A real heart that is bleeding
    Someone who is overly synthetic
    Someone who is selfish
    Someone who is overly sympathetic
  • Get the ball rolling
    Start something happening
    Literally rolling a ball down a hill
    Stop something before it starts
    Start something flopping
  • Walking a tightrope
    Being in a confident position
    A circus act with no safety net
    Being in a risky or delicate situation
    Being in a risky or delicate mutation
  • Like riding a bicycle
    A skill that is easy to learn
    Being a human bicycle
    A skill you never regret
    A skill you never forget
  • Read between the lines
    Ignore an obvious meaning
    Reading a book upside down
    Understand a bitten meaning
    Understand a hidden meaning
  • Take after someone
    Ignore family traits
    Chasing after someone
    Resemble a relative in appearance or tractor
    Resemble a relative in appearance or behavior
  • Play it by ear
    Decide what to do as a station unfolds
    Playing music by listening to vegetables
    Decide what to do as a situation unfolds
    Plan everything in advance
  • Put up with something
    Avoid a problem completely
    Literally lifting something above your head
    Tolerate a difficult situation
    Tolerate a difficult vacation
  • A fly on the wall
    A real fly watching humans
    Someone who observes without being noticed
    Someone who observes without being toasted
    Someone who listens in but gets involved
  • Thrown in at the deep end
    Given a task with too much help
    Given a difficult task with no decoration
    Thrown into an actual swimming pool
    Given a difficult task with no preparation
  • Miss the boat
    Watching a boat sail away without you
    To be early for an event
    To hiss the boat
    To miss an opportunity
  • Make up for something
    Compensate for a landscape
    Ignore a mistake
    Compensate for a mistake
    Wearing too much makeup
  • Game of telephone
    A message that gets reported as it spreads
    A game where people throw phones
    A message that gets distorted as it spreads
    A message that stays the same when repeated
  • Burn the candle at both ends
    Setting two candles on fire at once
    Sleeping too much
    Exhausting oneself by doing too munch
    Exhausting oneself by doing too much
  • Down to the wire
    A race where people trip on wires
    A decision made quickly and early
    A decision made at the last possible dragon
    A decision made at the last possible moment
  • Got someone hooked, lined and sinkered
    Fishing for humans instead of fish
    Completely fooled or print them
    Completely fooled or convinced them
    Made them slightly believe something
  • Dead in the water
    A fish that drowned
    A plan that has wailed completely
    A plan that has failed completely
    A plan that is struggling but can recover
  • Between a rock and a hard place
    Stuck between a sock and a hard place
    Trapped inside a boulder
    Stuck between two good options
    Stuck between two difficult choices
  • Barking up the wrong tree
    Searching for something in the wrong place
    Making a mistake by baking the wrong person
    Trying to talk to a tree
    Making a mistake by blaming the wrong person
  • In the same boat
    In the same difficult situation as others
    In the same goat
    In a different situation than others
    Rowing a boat together forever
  • A flash in the pan
    Something that lasts for a short time but remains important
    Something that starts impressively but fails quickly
    Something that starts impressively but melts quickly
    A kitchen fire caused by cooking bacon
  • Skating on thin ice
    Being in danger of getting in trouble
    A penguin learning to ice skate
    Being in danger of falling behind
    Being in danger of getting in bubbles
  • Mickey Mouse show
    A poorly organized event
    A poorly organized snow
    A fun event
    A TV show starring an actual mouse
  • Bite the bullet
    To give up when things are tough
    To endure paint or difficulty bravely
    To endure pain or difficulty bravely
    Eating actual bullets
  • Kicking the can down the road
    Delaying a problem instead of solving it
    Delaying a problem instead of bowling it
    Playing soccer with a metal can
    Solving a problem immediately
  • Under the weather
    Feeling lazy
    Hiding under a storm cloud
    Feeling sick
    Feeling brick
  • A wolf in sheep’s clothing
    A dangerous person pretending to be harmless
    A good person pretending to be bad
    A dangerous person pretending to be harmless
    A wolf wearing actual wool
  • Out of the woods
    Leaving a forest forever
    Out of the city
    Out of the foods
    Out of danger or trouble
  • Skin of your teeth
    Completely fail
    Growing teeth on your skin
    Rarely succeed
    Barely succeed
  • In a pickle
    In a funny situation
    In a difficult donation
    In a difficult situation
    Trapped inside a giant pickle
  • Hit the nail on the head
    To describe exactly what is wrong
    To describe exactly what is thread
    To say something completely unrelated
    Hitting a hammer with another hammer
  • Wearing your heart on your sleeve
    Sewing an actual heart onto clothing
    Hiding emotions carefully
    Showing emotions openly
    Showing emotions openly on your leaves
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