Idioms
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Idioms (Easy)
Context Clues (Easy)
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100

My brother keeps bugging me to play with him. He's really getting under my skin.


What does getting under my skin mean?

What is to bother or irritate someone?

100

Lets sneak into that vacant house tonight. No one has lived there for years, and people say that its haunted.

What is empty?

100

Mr. Bixby lost his job. He dug his own grave by showing up for work late everyday.

What does dug his own grave mean?

To do something that will result in failure.

100

Thousands of corpses are buried underground in the cemetery.

What does corpses mean?

What is dead bodies?

100

What is the name of a group of lions?

What is a pride?

200

I had to spill my guts to my mom about what happened to the broken window.


What does spill my guts mean?

What is tell everything?

200

The moonlight cast an eerie shadow across the lawn of the haunted house.


What does eerie mean?

What is strange and mysterious?

200

I ran a marathon yesterday. By the time I got to the finish line, I was dead on my feet.

What does dead on my feet mean?

What is to be very tired?

200

They say that Mr. Coldstone vanished over 100 years agon. No one knows where he went.

What does vanished mean?

What is to disappear?

200

How many stars are on the American flag?

What is 50 stars?

300

The amusement park is like a ghost town now that the weather is getting colder.

What does ghost town mean?

What is a place where no one is there?

300

It is a common superstition that you will have bad luck if a black cat crosses your path.


What does superstition mean?

What is a belief based on fear of the unknown?

300

My dog Suki hides under the bed during storms because she is scared to death of thunder.

What does scared to death mean?

What is to be extremely scared?

300

Alex played a prank on me by placing a plastic spider on my pillow. When I woke up, I screamed.

What does prank mean?

What is a trick that is a joke?
300

This large, striped cat is the only one in the world that doesn't roar.

What is a cheetah?

400

With the hurricane coming, our plans for our beach vacation are dead in the water.


What does dead in the water mean?

What is in no way; under any circumstances?

400

A vile odor was coming from the bowl filled with black liquid. I had to cover my nose.

What does vile mean?

What is very bad or unpleasant?

400

When my best friend told everyone a secret about me, I felt like I'd been stabbed in the back.

What does stabbed in the back mean?

What is to be betrayed?

400

When I walked past the witch decoration, its eyes lit up and it cackled for everyone to hear.

What does cackled mean?

What is to laugh?

400

A word with the opposite meaning of another word.

What is an antonym?

500

Our team lost to the Wolverines last year. The next time we play them we're out for blood.


What does out for blood mean?

What is to seek for revenge?

500

When you put on that cape and make that threatening face you look very sinister.

What does sinister mean?

What is having an evil appearance?

500

When I asked my mom if I could ride on the back of Steve's motorcycle she replied, "Over my dead body you will."

What does over my dead body mean?

What is in no way; under no circumstance?

500

Tanya felt someone behind her. When she turned around there was no one there. Perhaps it was an apparition.

What is apparition?

What is a ghost or spirit?

500

What is the capital of North Carolina?

What is Raleigh?