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Know Your Idioms

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  • Don't judge a book by its cover
    Don't judge something on how it looks on the outside
  • Hit the roof
    get angry
  • It is raining cats and dogs!
    It is raining very hard outside.
  • Back off
    stop pushing so hard
  • Road hog
    a driver whose car goes all over the road
  • Butter someone up
    Compliment someone to get what you want.
  • Don't drag your feet
    Don't do something very slowly
  • Sounds fishy
    does not sound right
  • Green with envy
    jealous of what other people have
  • Monkey business
    silly or foolish things happening
  • Money doesn't grow on trees
    its too expensive to buy everything they want.
  • Flea Market
    A place where there is a collection of used items for sale very cheaply
  • Hold your horses
    wait
  • Call it a day
    stop working
  • Get a taste of your own medicine
    Get treated like you have been treating others
  • In a pickle
    in trouble
  • Weasel out
    Sneakily avoid doing something
  • Throw in the towel
    Give up
  • Twist my arm
    talk me into doing something
  • Running behind
    late
  • Use your noodle
    use your brain
  • Bite your tongue
    don't say bad things
  • Out of the woods
    out of danger
  • Straight face
    Not laughing or smiling
  • Pay an arm and a leg
    Pay a lot of money
  • On the tip of my tongue
    Can't think of the word you want to say
  • Behind his back
    talking about someone when he does not know about it
  • Chip in
    Help with work or to pay for something
  • You ook the words right out of my mouth
    say what someone else is thinking before he can say it himself
  • Give someone the cold shoulder
    Ignore someone
  • Bring home the bacon
    Earn money
  • A penny for you thoughts
    someone wants you to talk about what is on your mind
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