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Halloween - Figurative Language

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  • "Come back to hunt you"
    Something that resurfaces as a problem or challenge. ex: All that homework I didn't turn in came back to haunt me when report cards came out.
  • "Scared the pants off me"
    To be really scared. ex: the clown in the haunted house really scared the pants off me.
  • "Dead tired"
    Exhausted, very tired. ex: All of my teachers look dead tired.
  • "Skeleton in the closet"
    To have a secret. ex: Jim has a skeleton in his closet.
  • "Cold blooded"
    Evil. ex: it was a clod blooded crime.
  • "Scaredy pants"
    Scared easily. ex: My sister is a scaredy pants when it comes to haunted houses.
  • "Over my dead body"
    Something that will never happen. ex: My student asked if she could drive my car and I said "over my dead body"
  • "Out for blood"
    Very competitive or determined. ex: The defending champs were out for blood this season.
  • "Pale as a ghost"
    Very white looking, lost color. ex: I looked pale as a ghost when I got my flu shot.
  • "A ghost town"
    A place that is abandoned or empty. ex: the mall was a ghost town when I got off work at midnight.
  • "Makes my blood boil"
    Something that makes you very angry. ex: bullies make my blood boil.