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  • My old friend just gave me the cold shoulder
    to ignore or treat someone unfriendly
    to hurt your shoulder
    to get hit with a snowball
  • It's been raining cats and dogs since last week
    heavy rain
    to have lots of cats and dogs as pets
    to have cats and dogs fall out of the sky
  • I'm new to this and feel like a fish out of water
    to be in an unfamiliar situation
    to not be able to breathe
    to lose your fish
  • I understand why you are mad, we are in the same boat
    to share the same game with someone
    to be in the same situation
    to take a boat ride with someone
  • When my friends talk to me, I'm all ears
    to listen with your full attention
    to have a hard time hearing
    to have more than 2 ears
  • My mom has always said that two heads are better than one
    two people who work together can accomplish more
    it's best to have two heads
    some people pretend to have two heads and one body
  • I couldn't go to school today because I was sick as a dog
    very ill
    a dog's fever
    coughing up hairballs
  • time flies when you're having fun
    time goes by quickly
    clocks have wings
    clocks can fly
  • I got cold feet before my solo performance
    to feel nervous or lose your confidence
    when you forget to wear socks
    when your feet are freezing
  • I can't ever say what I want to because I'm always walking on eggshells
    to play a game of crushing eggshells
    being careful not to offend someone
    walking on things that are crunchy
  • The big race is giving me butterflies in my stomach
    to feel like you will throw up
    to swallow a butterfly
    to feel nervous about something
  • Do you have a frog in your throat?
    having trouble speaking
    to capture a frog with your tongue
    to swallow a frog
  • My best friend and I are two peas in a pod
    when siblings don't look alike at all
    two peas look the same
    two people or things that are very similar
  • Go break a leg at your recital
    good luck
    breaking a leg is so fun
    I hope you fall
  • She seems like she always has her head in the clouds
    to be flying
    to daydream
    to be very tall
  • Don't cry over spilt milk
    to spill your milk
    to cry milk out of your eyes
    to be upset over something that can't be changed
  • My dog is the apple of my eye
    something or someone that you cherish
    to have a red eye
    to eat too many apples
  • That test was a piece of cake
    to eat a slice of cake
    easy to do
    to bake a cake
  • Hold your horses! I can't walk as fast as you
    to hold on tight to your stuff
    to slow down or stop
    to grab the saddle of a horse
  • When pigs fly, I will learn how to skateboard
    when pigs jump off of something
    something impossible
    some pigs grow wings