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  • We have decided to go green so we started recycling.
    To do things that are good for the environment
  • Why are you being so quiet? Cat got your tongue?
    to be shy or not talkative
  • Why can't you be still! Do you have ants in your pants?
    To be fidgety or unable to sit still
  • Hold your horses! I'm not ready yet.
    wait; slow down
  • It's raining cats and dogs! I'm soaking wet!
    To be raining heavily or a lot
  • I'm so green when it comes to fixing cars. I just started learning how to do it.
    To have little or no experience doing something
  • Time flies when you are having fun, but goes slowly when you are bored.
    Time seems to go very fast when doing something that is fun.
  • I'm saving up money because a new car costs an arm and a leg.
    To be very expensive; costs a large amount of money
  • I have been busy as a bee cleaning my house.
    To be working quickly
  • I got the green light to go to the party on Saturday!
    To get permission to do something
  • I'm feeling green around the gills so I stayed home from school.
    To feel sick
  • I think I'm going to be sick. I'm feeling green.
    To feel sick
  • I love your new car! I'm green with envy.
    To be jealous
  • My big job interview is today. I have butterflies in my stomach.
    To feel very nervous like you have butterflies fluttering in your stomach
  • I stayed home from work because I'm feeling a bit under the weather.
    To be sick
  • My friend has a green thumb. She can grow anything.
    To be good at growing plants/flowers