Idioms
Cold shoulder
Ignoring on purpose
All ears
Listening
Cost an arm and a leg.
Expensive
Driving me up the wall
Irritating me
Annoying me
Making me crazy
Under the weather
Feeling ill, sick, or unwell
At the drop of a hat
Instantly; without pause or hesitation
In hot water
In trouble
Spill the beans
Tell a secret
Pipe down
Be quiet
Give it a shot
Try something new
When I got an F on my midterm, my mom told me that I was on thin ice, and that I had better get my grades up.
A) My mom punished me for my bad grades by making me stand on ice.
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B) She was saying that I was going to get in trouble if I didn't get my grades up.
When I answered the final Jeopardy question correctly, my dad told me I had hit the nail on the head.
A) He wanted me to hit the nail with a hammer while watching Jeopardy.
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B) He was saying that I got the answer exactly right.
A) She was going to pay me a penny to tell her what I was thinking.
B) She wanted to know what I was thinking about.
The exam was a piece of cake. I wasn't worried about my grade at all.
A) The exam was a test to see if we could eat a piece of cake.
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B) The exam was very easy and not difficult at all.
I couldn't make it to the dinner we had planned, so I asked her if I could take a rain check.
A) I couldn't make it to the dinner so we needed to reschedule our plans.
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B) I checked the weather and saw that it was raining, so I decided not to go to dinner.
Before I went on stage to perform in the school play, my friend told me "break a leg!"
A) My friend was wishing me good luck.
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B) My friend secretly wanted my spot in the play, so she wanted me to break my leg.
After working for many hours on the project, my dad told me we should call it a day.
A) Dad meant that we should stop working on the project for today.
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B) Dad wanted to name our project "the day."
I promised by friend I would bake a cake and cupcakes and cookies for his birthday party. The night before the party, while I was trying to make all the desserts, my dad told me it looked like I bit off more than I could chew.
A) He thought I was trying to do more than I was capable of.
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B) I had shoved all the desserts in my mouth and couldn't chew them.
I invited a few of my buddies over for a movie night. But, they had brought friends of their own and the movie night started to get out of hand with all the noise we were making.
A) The movie night was getting out of control.
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B) The remote control kept slipping out of my hands because they were greasy from the popcorn.
I was so tired after school, that I told my parents I was going to hit the sack early that night.
A) I wanted to punch a sack of potatoes because I was so tired.
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B) I was telling my parents that I was going to go to bed.