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Halloweedioms 2

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  • an embarrassing secret
    SKELETON IN THE CLOSET / CUPBOARD
  • a place with few or no people
    GHOST TOWN
  • someone who can be easily scared
    SCAREDY CAT / PANTS
  • a slight possibility
    GHOST OF A CHANCE
  • final failure
    FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN
  • serious trouble to be dealt with
    HAVE A DEVIL TO PAY
  • to shock, frighten or terrify somebody
    SCARE THE PANTS OFF SOMEBODY
  • admit you are wrong
    EAT THE HAT
  • not to show any signs of emotion
    NOT BAT AN EYELID
  • so scared that you cannot move
    SCARED STIFF
  • to be, do ora say something critical, unpleasant or mean-spirited esp. to somebody who is already vulnerable or weak
    STICK A KNIFE IN
  • a work shift that happens over night
    GRAVEYARD SHIFT
  • to cause somebody feel disgusted, frightened or unnerved
    MAKE ONE'S SKIN CRAWL / FLESH CREEP
  • a most difficult task
    A DEVIL OF A JOB
  • totally scare somebody
    MAKE THE BLOOD RUN COLD
  • do something that will cause you harm
    DIG ONE'S GRAVE
  • a person or thing that closely resembles another, an exact counterpart
    DEAD RINGER
  • angry or wanting to kill somebody or to cause them pain or discomfort
    OUT FOR BLOOD
  • a new leader
    NEW BROOM
  • a road or a situation which leads nowhere
    DEAD END
  • do something bad to somebody who trusted you, to betray somebody
    STAB SOMEBODY IN THE BACK
  • (of a past situation) to cause problems in the present or future
    COME BACK TO HAUNT
  • to make somebody extremely angry
    MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL
  • to take the risk
    BELL THE CAT
  • an attempt to find and punish people disloyal or dangeroug in somebody's opinion
    WITCH HUNT
  • suggesting that somebody dead would be upset
    BE ROLLING IN ONE'S GRAVE
  • to give up trying
    GIVE UP THE GHOST
  • a person who stays up late
    NIGHT OWL
  • (behaving in) a very cruel way with no sympathy for other people
    COLD-BLOODED / IN COLD BLOOD
  • to be very shy and timid
    NOT SAY BOO TO A GOOSE
  • extremely attractive
    DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
  • something that happens very quickly or suddenly
    LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL
  • the exact center
    DEAD CENTER
  • to be afraid, disturbed or unnerved e.g.by events
    BE WEIRDED OUT
  • to recognize that something dishonest is happening
    SMELL A RAT
  • one won't let something happen
    OVER ONE'S DEAD BODY
  • the feeling of being jealous
    GREEN-EYED MONSTER
  • to die suddenly and unexpectedly
    DROP DEAD
  • the smallest number of people needed for a business or organization to operate
    SKELETON STAFF
  • somebody who argues an unpopular opinion for the sake of an argument
    DEVIL'S ADVOCATE