Apple Idioms for Teacher
Second Letter "Z"
"C"ountries
Birds within Words
Lawful Idioms
100
To compare 2 things that are essentially different is to compare these
apples to oranges (or apples & oranges)
100
This heavily forested mountain range extends southward from St. Louis
the Ozarks
100
In Greek this island's official name is Kipriaki Dhimokratia
Cyprus
100
I found this graceful word in Botswana
swan
100
There are no actual hurdles involved in doing this to "bail", but whoever put up your money is gonna be mad
jumping bail
200
Obey this saying & you won't be seeing much of your internist
an apple day keeps the doctor away
200
Named for its designer, it's a compact machine gun popular with police & special forces
an uzi
200
See the retreat of the San Quintin Glacier from 1994 to 2002 in the North Patagonian ice field of this country
Chile
200
In Europe this bird may sit beside a babbling brook
rook
200
Criminal accountants are said to do this to "the books", & they probably didn't go to Le Cordon Bleu
cook
300
In "Good Will Hunting", Matt Damon uses this rhetorical question to good effect
"how do you like them apples?"
300
Native to hilly regions of Asia, these flowering shrubs can be quite fragrant & hardy
azalea
300
You don't mess with the Zoran when he's Zoran Milanovic, the prime minister of this country
Croatia
300
Regrettably, it was hunted to near extinction
egret
300
To lightly graze something, or, if you're briefly in the penal system, what you have "with the law"
brush
400
Someone who is currying favor with a superior is an apple-this word
polisher
400
The FDA approved it in 1987 as the first drug proven to extend AIDS patients' lives
AZT
400
This Asian country's flag depicts one of its historical treasures
Cambodia
400
I saw this bird in my backyard in Andover
dove
400
A judge handing down a light sentence is giving this 4-word gentle blow
a slap [on the wrist]
500
[DD]
In Deuteronomy we find "He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as" this
the apple of His eye
500
Exiled with many others in 597 B.C., he predicted the downfall of Jerusalem
Ezekiel
500
This landlocked African nation is the fifth-largest in area on the continent but is sparsely populated
Chad
500
[DD]
The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird
heron
500
Got no case? "You don't have" this, so there's nothing to physically hold you up
legs to stand on