Idioms
Idioms
Idioms
Idioms
Challenge
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To be nude or naked
What is birthday suit
100
At the last possible moment
What is the eleventh hour
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The feeling that what you have is not as good as what someone else has
What is the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
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It is always possible to change for the better or improve something
What is it's never too late to mend
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The difference between literal meaning and figurative meaning with an example
What is literal means exactly what the words say and figurative means the metaphorical meaning of the words Example: May vary ie. A million bucks literally a million male deer figuratively 1 million dollars
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To harm or be ungrateful toward the person or group that supports or provides for you
What is bite the hand that feeds you
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Used to express joy when you have discovered something or solved a difficult problem/question
What is eureka!
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Doing one thing to accomplish two goals
What is to kill two birds with one stone
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Trying to get out of a bad situation to only get into an even worse situation
What is out of the frying pan and into the fire
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This saying can be traced to the 18th century during the settling of the American West.
What is lock, stock, and barrel
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To be angry and eager to start a fight
What is chip on your shoulder
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There is always hope even in an unfortunate event
What is every cloud has a silver lining
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absolutely everything or all parts
What is lock, stock, and barrel
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saving money is equivalent to earning money
What is a penny saved is a penny earned
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This idiom dates back at least to the 3rd century BC. It comes from a story of Hiero, king of Syracuse in ancient Greece who was given a crown made of gold. By the end of the story, the king is told that the crown was only made partly of gold and had been tricked.
What is Eureka
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To be thankful for what you have
What is count your blessings
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Rarely seen or rarely happens
What is few and far between
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Making a big fuss over something that is not really that important
What is making a mountain out of a molehill
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To look past the surface and find the true meaning
What is read between the lines
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This idiom alludes to an incident that supposedly occurred during the War of 1812. During an armistice in the war, an American soldier crossed the Niagara River past British lines. While hunting, the soldier shot a crow, but he was caught by a British officer. The officer forced the American soldier to take a bite out of the uncooked crow as punishment for his violation of British territory.
What is eat crow
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To accept grace or humiliation for something boastful or arrogant one has said or done
What is eat crow
500
A short nap
What is forty winks
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A failure is a failure whether you miss by a lot or a little
What is a miss is as good as a mile
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To refuse to take sides or make a decision
What is sit on the fence
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The idiom derives from Aesop’s fable “The Gardener and the Dog,” in which a gardener’s dog falls in a well. When the gardener rescues the dog, the dog thinks the gardener is trying to drown him. The dog bites the gardener and is consequently thrown back in the well.
What is bite the hand that feeds you
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