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This woman was Europe's first prime minister and was the longest serving British prime minister in the 20th century.
Who is Margaret Thatcher.
We use this phrase to describe how hard it is to teach people new habits after they have done it the same way for so long, sometimes because they have lived many years.
What is "You can't teach an old dog new tricks".
This river is the longest river in the world at 6,650 kilometers.
What is the Nile.
This country is known as the Emerald Isle.
What is Ireland.
This phrase, with the word "picture" is used when someone that was part of a group is no longer involved.
What is "out of the picture".
This woman from the Bible, was courageous in saving her own Jewish people from annihalation, making good use of her position as the new Queen.
Who is Esther.
We use this phrase to describe those really hot days when we feel like sitting under a tree and doing nothing.
What is "those dog days of summer".
A long, high sea wave, caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide or some other disturbance is called this.
What is a tsunami.
This country is known as the Land Down Under.
What is Australia.
When someone describes something, often in detail, so that the listeners can understand it well, we say this phrase with the word "picture" in it.
What is "paint a picture".
This was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.
Who is Amelia Earhart.
When something deteriorates, or goes kaput we say that this happens.
What is "It goes to the dogs".
This body of water is on the west coast of the Florida penninsula.
What is the Gulf of Mexico.
This country is called "The Boot"
What is Italy.
A picture is worth, how much in this phrase describing how useful it is in sharing an idea, person or thing.
What is "a thousand words"
This woman, upon overhearing American soldiers planning an attack on the Canadians at Beaver Dam, was believed to have walked 32 kilometres from her home in Queenston, Ontario to warn Lieutenant Fitzgibben of this. The result was the surrender of the U.S. General and 500 soldiers.
Who was Laura Secord.
We use this phrase, that includes mention of our furry friends, to advise someone to leave the past alone so that it does not come back to bite you.
What is "Let sleeping dogs lie".
The Great Lakes are a series of large, interconnected fresh water lakes, that with the exception of one lake, provides a natural border between the U.S. and Canada (more specifically, Ontario). There are this many of them.
What is 5.
This country is called the Land of the Rising Sun.
What is Japan.
According to a song sung by the famous Carter family, with the starting words, "There's an old and faded picture on the wall", this is a picture of this special person.
What is a mother.
She is an American tennis player whose influence and playing style elevated the status of women's professional tennis beginning in the late 1960s.
Who is Billie Jean King.
We use this phrase to describe a performance that is contrived or overdone.
What is a "dog and pony show".
This sea surrounds the eastern side of the United Kingdom.
What is the North Sea.
This country is known as the Land of Fire and Ice.
What is Iceland.
This phrase, with the word "picture' in it can be considered opposite in meaning to not being able to see the forest for the trees.
What is "the big picture".