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Common Idioms: Part 2
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Miss the Boat
When you missing floating on the ocean after vacation
Paddle boarding on the Sacramento River
To lose an opportunity by not taking action quickly enough
I wish I was floating on Lake Tahoe
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Face the Music
Listen to your favorite song on repeat
Standing front row at a live concert
To accept criticism or punishment
Watch a band performance
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In a Nutshell
Cracking walnuts with a nutcracker
Chocolate covered almonds
Express something in a short clear way
Pistachios salted and roasted in their shell
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Couch Potato
Someone who eats fries on a couch
Someone who eats baked potato on a couch
Someone who sits on the couch watching tv all day
Someone who plays hot potato on a couch
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In the Same Boat
A kayak race
Row, row, row your boat
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
In a canoe with a buddy
Oops!
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In the Same Boat
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
Row, row, row your boat
A kayak race
In a canoe with a buddy
Oops!
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Easy Does It
Math is easy for me
When you don't have to try very hard
Not careful at all
Used to tell someone to do something very carefully
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On thin Ice
Ice skating on a frozen lake
In a very risky position
Ice fishing in Alaska
Sitting in an ice bath after a workout
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Hit the Books
To give someone a black eye with a book
To use a book as a punching bag
To Study Hard
To play the drums on a stack of books
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In the Same Boat
A kayak race
Row, row, row your boat
In a canoe with a buddy
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
Oops!
Okay!
Fat Chance
When animals fatten up before hibernation
When farmers fatten up animals before the slaughter
Something very unlikely to happen
It will happen tomorrow
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Be all Ears
Ears of Corn
An elephant has big ears
Very keen to hear about something
Dogs have sensitive hearing
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In the Same Boat
A kayak race
Row, row, row your boat
In a canoe with a buddy
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
Oops!
Okay!
In the Same Boat
In a canoe with a buddy
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
Row, row, row your boat
A kayak race
Oops!
Okay!
A Dime, A Dozen
A dozen donuts
$1.20
Money in the bank
Very common, not valuable
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Cut to the Chase
To talk about the most important part of the story
To cut in line
To chase a friend
To cut Chase's hair
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Not Rocket Science
Not very difficult or too hard to understand
Something that is super complicated
When you actually hate science
The study of rockets
Oops!
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Come in Handy
To hire a handyman
Not helpful at all
To be useful in a particular situation
When a friend comes over to visit
Oops!
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In the Same Boat
A kayak race
In a canoe with a buddy
Be in the same difficult situation as someone else
Row, row, row your boat
Oops!
Okay!
Speak of the Devil
When someone behaves badly in the classroom
When someone you were talking about suddenly appears
The devil wears Prada
When you speak a foreign language
Oops!
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