Idioms in context

Isabel is doing a presentation on Germany for her history class. Her neighbor lived in Germany for 2 years, so Isabel decided to go over to her house to pick her brain about the culture of Germany.

Anna wasn't surprised that her best friend Kelly gave her the cold shoulder at lunch. Anna knew Kelly was upset because Anna had told someone Kelly's secret. Later that day, Anna apologized and Kelly talked to her again.

Katie and her family were trying to decide where to go for dinner. Katie wanted Italian food but her sister wanted a cheeseburger. Katie's mom said "How about the Northwest Bistro? It's the best of both worlds. "

Like his dad, Luke has bright red hair and loves to sing in the church choir. He also enjoys hiking and fishing like his dad. Everyone says he's a chip off the old block.

Joel heard the science museum had a new dinosaur exhibit. He asked his dad if they could go tomorrow. His dad said "I'd love to, but it's crunch time at work. I have a huge deadline to meet. How about next weekend?"

Colin was going skiing with his family and asked his friend Brock if he wanted to come. Brock said "I've been skiing before but it's not my cup of tea. One time I even broke my arm. But I hope you have fun!"

Ryan has been absent from school for 4 days due to bronchitis. When he finally came back to school, his teacher said, "Wow, you must have really been feeling under the weather, but you look like you're feeling better now."

On the way to the airport to pick up Dad, Carrie had to take a long tour, got lost, and had to stop for gas. She arrived 30 minutes late. She apologized and told all the reasons she was late and he said, "Sounds like it was a perfect storm"

Shane arrived to the baseball field for practice 20 minutes early. Since no one else was there yet, he decided to kill some time on the playground next to the fields until his teammates arrived.

The Smith family was really trying to keep their heads above water. Mr. Smith recently lost his job and Mrs. Smith has lots of medical bills to pay. When they were told their rent would be going up, they weren't sure how they'd afford it.

Although the teacher had given the class one week to do the assignment, Evan waited until 20 minutes before class to do it. As he finished and gave it to the teacher, he said to his friend "Whew! I got that done by the skin of my teeth."

Mason was telling his sister about his friend's surprise birthday party. "They had a dunk tank, arcade games, a cotton candy machine and a magic show - the whole nine yards! It was incredible"

Clay was telling his friend about his family's camping trip last weekend. "It was cold and rained the whole time. To add insult to injury, we didn't bring enough blankets or jackets. It was miserable"

Sheri was excited to take care of her neighbor's dog for a few days. But after a few hours, Sheri realized how much work it was to have a dog. "I guess it's not a bed of roses," she thought. "Maybe I'm not ready for my own dog."

Charlie decided to sign up for piano lessons, soccer, debate team and marching band. Every night he told his mom how exhausted he was. His mom said "I think you bit off more than you can chew. Should we cancel a couple of your activities?"

Betsy was always telling incredible stories that were hard for Paul to believe, like she never got anything below an A on a test. When Paul told his mom, she said "Remember to take it with a grain of salt. Sometimes Betsy isn't very honest"

Tabitha wanted to be in the school play. But when she asked the drama teacher when auditions were, the teacher replied "Sorry, that ship has sailed. Well have another play in the spring though, so hopefully you can come to that audition."

After Bailey won the election for student body president, she came home and told her parents "Now I'm the top dog! Everyone will look to me to make the school better"

Jenny was in a bad mood and rude to her friend Aubrey for no reason. The next day Jenny apologized. "I'm sorry I was rude. I hope you forgive me." Aubrey said "Yes I forgive you. It's water under the bridge. Let's move on"

The 2 students caught cheating on the final exam knew they were in hot water when the principal picked them up from the classroom. His face was stern and he didn't say a word until they got to his office.

When Beth arrived at church camp, she realized that she forgot to bring an extra t-shirt to wear for the paintball tournament. Her camp counselor told her, "There are lots of leftover t-shirts from last year's camp. They are a dime a dozen"

Kevin and his brother had been playing chess for over an hour. Kevin was losing pretty badly. When he looked at the clock and saw it was past midnight, he decided to throw in the towel since he probably wasn't going to win anyway.

Jeff blamed his sister for spilling water all over his homework. She said, "It wasn't me. You're barking up the wrong tree!"

Rachel knew her mom had a long and tiring day at work, so she decided to go the extra mile. Not only did she do the laundry like her mom asked her to, she also cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.

Jeremy and his sister finally decided they would buy their mom a new robe for Christmas. The next day, their mom came back from the mall with a new robe she purchased for herself. Jeremy said "I guess it's back to the drawing board."

Abigail's flight was delayed several hours so she didn't get to her hotel until 3:00 a.m. Since she hardly got any sleep, she was in a fog most of the next day during the conference.