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Halloween Figurative Language
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"Stick a knife in it"
To finish it off, ex: I was doing my homework at the kitchen table, at 6:30 mom said "stick a knife in it".
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"Dead ringer"
Person of thing that seems exactly like something else, ex: My daughter is a dead ringer of her dad when he was her age.
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"Scaredy pants"
Scared easily, ex: My sister is a scaredy pants when it comes to haunted houses.
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"Out of my mind"
The feeling of going "crazy", ex:I'm going out of my mind with all the papers I need to grade.
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"Out for blood"
Very competitive or determined, ex: The defending champs were out for blood this season.
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"Smell a rat"
To think someone is not honest or who they say they are, ex: The mobster in the movie said "I smell a rat" after the police busted them.
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"Stabbed in the back"
Betrayed by someone, ex: She stabbed me in the back when she told everyone my secret.
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"Come back to haunt 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.
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"Makes my blood boil"
Something that makes you very angry, ex: bullies make my blood boil.
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"Witch hunt"
Looking for something that isn't real, ex: The neighbors were on a witch hunt for vandals...only to discover it was raccoons.
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"Weirded out"
To be creeped out or feel uncomfortable, ex: He was weirded out that the girl he just met knew all about him from his Instagram.
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"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"
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"Stop dead in their tracks"
To freeze or not move, ex: I stopped dead in my tracks when I walked outside for lunch and saw Billie Eilish came to our school.
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"Scared the pants off me"
To be really scared, ex: the clown in the haunted house really scared the pants off me.
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"Drop dead"
To not like someone or not care about them, ex: She told the guy making fun of her to "drop dead".
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"A ghost town"
A place that is abandoned or empty, ex: the mall was a ghost town when I got off work at midnight.
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"Pale as a ghost"
Very white looking, lost color, ex: I looked pale as a ghost when I got my flu shot.
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"Dead tired"
Exhausted, very tired, ex: All of my teachers look dead tired.
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"Night owl"
Someone who likes staying up late at night, ex: My husband is a night owl and often stays up past midnight.
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"You're a monster"
Someone who is out of control, ex: The kids were running around screaming, their mom said "they are a bunch of monsters today".
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"Makes my skin crawl"
Creeps you out or makes you uncomfortable, ex: It makes my skin crawl when people crunch ice cubes.
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"Scared stiff"
Very scared, ex: When she saw the lion outside of it's cage she was scared stiff.
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"Skeleton in the closet"
To have a secret. ex: Jim has a skeleton in his closet.
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"Dead center"
The very center of something, ex: The water balloon hit in the dead center of my face.
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"Cold blooded"
Evil, ex: it was a clod blooded crime
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