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When pigs fly. "I asked my boss if I could go on a two month vacation, he said yes, when pigs fly!"

To mean something will never happen.

Watch your P's and Q's. "Be sure to mind your p's and q's when you visit your aunt this weekend!"

To be very careful about how you behave.

Uptight. "When the house is a mess it makes me so uptight."

Worried or nervous and unable to relax.

Top dog. "Jeff thinks he's top dog just because he is quarterback of the football team."

A person who has achieved a position of authority.

That cracks me up. "That joke is my favorite, it always cracks me up!"

To suddenly make someone laugh a lot.

Straighten up. "You need to improve your behavior and straighten up."

To behave well after behaving badly.

Get the ball rolling. "It's time to start your homework, lets get the ball rolling."

To start an activity

So hungry I could eat a horse. "I hadn't eaten all day so by dinner time I was so hungry I could eat a horse."

Extremely hungry

Seeing red. "After I crashed my dads car he was so mad he was seeing red."

To become angry.

Roll with the punches. "Even though this week has been rough I am just rolling with the punches."

To be able to deal with a series of difficult situations.

Quit horsing around. "When my brother and I were wrestling my mom told us to wuit horsing around."

Stop behaving in a silly and noisy way.

Quiet as a mouse. "Our teacher told us that in the library we need to be quiet as a mouse."

To be very quiet.

Put your thinking cap on. "I wasn't giving my homework much thought so my tutor told me it's time to put my thinking cap on."

To think seriously about something.

Put a lid on it. "After complaing about mom making broccoli again, she told me to put a lid on it."

Be quiet.

Pulling the wool over my eyes. "Even with his best magic trick he wasn't pulling the wool over my eyes."

To deceive someone in order to prevent them from discovering something.

Pulling my leg. "I panicked when he said the test was tomorrow, but then I realized he was just pulling my leg."

To fool or trick someone into believing something.

Over the hill. "My grandma just celebrated her 98th birthday she is over the hill."

Really old and past ones prime.

Out of left field. "It was dinnertime with the family when out of left feild we got a call saying my cousins were on they're way over."

Odd, strange, or unexpected.

Put your foot in your mouth. "I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked if the lady was pregnant when she wasn't"

To say or do something tactless or embarrassing that you wish you could take back.

Monkey see, monkey do. "Whenever I jump on my bed, so does my little brother. I guess monkey see, monkey do.

To copy or imitate someone.

Make a mountain out of a molehill. "I can't believe the teacher wrote me up late even though I walked in just after the bell rang. She is making a mountain out of a molehill."

To make a slight difficulty or problem seem like a serious issue.

Mad as a hornet. "When I sprayed my sister with the hose and got the book she was reading wet she got mad as a hornet."

Very angry.

Knock it off. "My mom told me to knock it off after I kept putting my feet up on the back of the chair in front of me at the movie theater."

Used to tell someone to stop doing something that annoys you.

In hot water. "After failing my math test I knew I was in hot water."

In a difficult situation which you are at risk of getting in trouble or being in danger.

Bite the bullet. "I didn't want to pay for my car to be fixed but I bit the bullet and scheduled an appointment."

To force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult, or to be brave in a difficult situation.