Verbs
Descriptions
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Idioms in the Wild
Double Trouble
100
When you try really hard to help someone, you do this idiom.
BEND OVER BACKWARDS
100
Something that is too decorated, too showy, or too flashy can be described by this idiom.
TACKY
100
The students thought that they could ___ ___ ___ cheating on the test, but the teacher caught them and they failed the class!
GET AWAY WITH
100
The person you care about the most in the world is this idiom.
THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE
100
This idiom means "to understand suddenly" or "to get along with someone"
CLICK
200
When you were a child, you didn't like spinach, but now you do. You can use this idiom to describe what happened.
GROW ON SOMEONE (or, It grew on me)
200
**DAILY DOUBLE** When someone has the ability to be successful, you can say that he or she...
HAS WHAT IT TAKES
200
I wish I hadn't ___ ___ during Idioms class this whole quarter! Now I don't know any of the idioms!
SPACED OUT
200
You will hear this idiom directly before a rude or critical statement.
NO OFFENSE
200
If you do this idiom about emotions, it can be in a good way or in a bad way.
FLIP OUT
300
When you want revenge, you need to do this. Sometimes, we say, "Don't get angry, ..."
GET EVEN
300
Something that is annoying to do can be described by this idiom.
A HASSLE
300
Some teachers don't know how to ___ ___ students who are always tardy, but I do!
DEAL WITH
300
You can say this idiom if you don't have any money.
BROKE
300
You might do this twice if you "mention" that you don't like the way someone is "raising or educating" their child.
BRING UP
400
When you try something risky, again and again, you are doing this idiom.
ASKING FOR IT
400
Something that is boring (like homework) and that keeps you from doing fun things (like surfing),
A DRAG
400
My friend is young and successful, and she spends her money on anything that is new or fashionable. She is a ___.
YUPPIE
400
When you're angry about something, and you go exercise to make yourself feel better, you do this idiom.
BLOW OFF SOME STEAM
400
This idiom can mean "to learn something indirectly" or "to get something to bring to another place"
PICK UP
500
When it is time to leave, you need to do this.
HIT THE ROAD
500
You can use this idiom to describe how you feel at the end of the quarter, after you spend hours and hours studying for your final exam.
BURNED OUT
500
Don't be so ___. If you've studied for the exam, it will be easy!
UPTIGHT
500
You might do this if you quit your job the day before an important deadline. Your boss will never offer you a job again.
BURN YOUR BRIDGES
500
We can say you are doing this when you are laughing really hard, or when you are beginning to go crazy from stress!
CRACKING UP
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