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Halloween Idioms

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  • Why didn't the vampire have any friends?
    Because he was a pain in the neck.
  • Cold blooded
    without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous
  • Skeleton in the closet/cupboard.
    To have an embarrassing secret about your past.
  • Drop dead gorgeous.
    Someone very good looking.
  • Witch hunt.
    an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society
  • Over my dead body.
    To refuse to do something.
  • What do sea monsters eat for lunch?
    Fish and ships
  • To smell a rat.
    To suspect that something wrong or dishonest is happening.
  • To dig one's grave
    To be responsible for one's downfall or ruin. It's a way of expressing that you've made a big mistake.
  • To be scared stiff.
    To get so scared you're not able to move.
  • Night owl.
    A person who tends to stay up late.
  • Ghost town.
    A deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants.
  • To scare the pants off someone
    To frighten someone a lot.
  • Like a bat out of hell.
    To move extremely quick without thought or in a panic.
  • What was the witch's favourite subject in school?
    Spell-ing!
  • Skeleton staff.
    The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a period when people don't normally work.
  • To make someone's blood boil.
    To make someone very angry.
  • Stabbed in the back.
    To be betrayed by a friend or colleague.
  • Playing devil's advocate.
    To present the other side of an argument even though you don't personally support it.
  • Graveyard shift.
    A work shift that happens overnight.
  • Wouldn't say boo to a goose.
    A shy or nervous person.