Money doesn't grow on trees
Money grows on grass
Money isn't a plant
It takes a lot of work to earn money
Tip of the iceberg
The biggest part of a problem
The top part of a chunk of ice
The only noticeable part of a bigger problem
Her niece is a ray of sunshine.
Her niece is mean
Her niece is shiny
Her niece brings happiness
He is down to earth.
He is easy to talk to
He is visiting from Mars
He is hard to talk to
The grass is always greener on the other side
Other people can read your mind
Other people's situations seem better than yours
Your neighbor has a better lawnmower
Calm before the storm
Sunny day before it rains
Peaceful period before difficulty
When it rains all day
When he came home late, he was in hot water
His mom needed him to boil water
He was in a lot of trouble
There was a flash flood
He is barking up the wrong tree.
Barking in anger
He is trying to get something that won't happen
He is making noise
Sometimes you have to ride out the storm
You have to ride in a boat when theres a flood
You have to wait for hard times to be over
Become a storm chaser
He was green with envy
He had a lot of money
He was nauseous
He was very jealous
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
The apple acts like the tree
When a child looks/acts like their parent
Apples fall because of gravity
There is nothing like it on Earth
It doesn't exist anywhere
It exists somewhere other than Earth
So incredible that there is nothing else to compare it to in
She was feeling under the weather last week.
She got caught in the rain
She was sick
She was laying under a cloud
He felt like he was pushing a rock up a hill
Something easy to do
The rock kept falling on him
He was doing a lot of work but not making progress
Don't beat around the bush
Forgetting what is going on
Don't hit the bushes
Get to the point
Go with the flow
Do whatever everyone else agrees with
Swim downstream
Swim upstream