Idioms
After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces
Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena at the drop of a hat.
The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena very quickly.
When Brian felt pretty good about getting the a pair of roller-skates for his birthday, until he saw his twin brother Ryan open up his GameBox X-9000, and then Brian felt like he got the short end of the stick.
Brian felt like Ryan received a better gift than he.
Although I hate green peppers, I ordered them on the pizza because everybody else wanted them and I didn't want to go against the grain.
To oppose or resist a strong force.
Even though Lucas had been bullying the new kid since the beginning of the year, Lucas shed his crocodile tears after the principal caught him and threatened him with suspension.
This means that Lucas display of sorrow was insincere.
Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn’t been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.
Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.
Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip.
Craig did not cry.
After Ms. Smith caught Darnisha chewing gum for the third time, Ms. Smith scheduled a parent teacher conference with Darnisha’s mother. When Darnisha’s mother came into Ms. Smith’s classroom, she was chewing gum. Ms. Smith thought to herself, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother
When Angelo called Devon "stinky pants" on the playground, Devon wanted to call Angelo a mean name too, but Devon's mother had always taught him to turn the other cheek.
To forgive an act of aggression
After promising to go to Beth's parent's cabin for the weekend, Molly got invited to the coolest party of the year and now Molly is really in a pickle.
This means that Molly is stuck in a difficult situation.
Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.
Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other
Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.
Cassie and the speaker’s presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson’s expectations
Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he’s trying to sweep it under the rug.
Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened
After I told the client that we could give him a discount on the window repairs, the boss said that we couldn't and now I've got egg all over my face.
Someone who has egg all over his or her face is a person who looks foolish or embarrassed.
Ever since country western super group The Mountain Boys started wearing stovepipe hats, those hats have been selling like hotcakes.
This means that stovepipe hats have been selling quickly.
Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt’s Wi-Fi network and he didn’t want to open a whole new can of worms.
Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem
Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.
Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.
Keisha got up a started yelling at Ronnie and threatening him but Ronnie didn’t even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.
Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous
While Kristie's cake pops are both delicious and artistic, nobody can hold a candle to her pecan pie.
This means that Kristie's pecan pie is better than all others.
I know that Catherine has been really unpleasant toward you, Alvin, but take it with a grain of salt: she's mean to everyone.
Alvin should not be concerned about how Catherine is treating him.
Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn’t want to burn bridges.
Candace didn’t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer
Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared.
You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all.
The researchers at the renowned UC Berkeley have a long history of pushing the envelope in regards to computer science.
This means that these researchers have long led efforts in the field.
Mrs. March was afraid of leaving the student teacher with her third period class because she feared that the student teacher was a bit too green to be left alone with such a wild bunch.
Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too inexperienced.