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Halloween Figurative Language

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  • I use bug spray to WARD OFF mosquitos.
    prevent someone or something from harming or affecting one
  • My sister is as WHITE AS A GHOST.
    very white, especially of a person's face as a result of fear
  • The mobster in the movie said "I SMELL A RAT" after the police busted them.
    To think someone is not honest or who they say they are
  • Jim has a SKELETON IN HIS CLOSET.
    To have a secret
  • If you don't turn in your project, you're DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVE. There's no way you'll get a decent grade without it!
    create serious problems for yourself by doing something foolish
  • Joe took all the credit for the project, but didn't do a thing. It MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!
    Something that makes you very angry
  • We will leave tonight at the WITCHING HOUR.
    a time of night that is associated with supernatural events
  • He was SPIRITED AWAY from the party by his friends.
    to remove without anyone's noticing
  • I know everyone was really WEIRDED OUT by the noises coming from the attic.
    to be afraid, disturbed or unnerved e.g.by events
  • Right in front of me one of the robbers shot him in COLD BLOOD.
    to do something without any emotion
  • My sister is a SCAREDY PANTS when it comes to haunted houses.
    Scared easily
  • The weather is miserable, but the scenery is still DROP DEAD GORGEOUS.
    extremely attractive
  • I'm a morning person, so I could never work the GRAVEYARD SHIFT like you do.
    a work shift that happens over night
  • No one is there. The store has a SKELETON STAFF.
    the smallest number of people needed for a business or organization to operate
  • All of my teachers look DEAD TIRED.
    Exhausted, very tired
  • My husband is a NIGHT OWL and often stays up past midnight.
    Someone who likes staying up late at night
  • Many of the old mining communities are GHOST TOWNS now.
    a place with few or no people
  • I was SCARED STIFF when I heard someone in our kitchen in the middle of the night.
    so scared that you cannot move
  • She told the guy making fun of her to DROP DEAD.
    To not like someone or not care about them
  • My daughter asked if she could drive my car and I said "OVER MY DEAD BODY.".
    Something that will never happen
  • In America, Senator McCarthy led a WITCH HUNT against people suspected of being communists.
    an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular
  • Jenny is SCARED TO DEATH of spiders.
    very frightened
  • I cannot believe my friend STABBED ME IN THE BACK by telling my teacher I wasn’t really sick when I stayed home yesterday.
    do something bad to somebody who trusted you, to betray somebody
  • Tom always plays DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in any given conversation because he loves picking apart other people's arguments.
    somebody who argues an unpopular opinion for the sake of an argument
  • Her enemy always BAD-MOUTHED her.
    criticize (someone or something)