Idioms #1
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?
Lets sneak into that vacant house tonight. No one has lived there for years, and people say that its haunted.
What is empty?
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.
Thousands of corpses are buried underground in the cemetery.
What does corpses mean?
What is dead bodies?
I am very sticky, but hard to see when dry. I go round and round across the page until I eventually run out. If you stick with me, in one piece you will be. What am I?
glue
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?
The moonlight cast an eerie shadow across the lawn of the haunted house.
What does eerie mean?
What is strange and mysterious?
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?
They say that Mr. Coldstone vanished over 100 years agon. No one knows where he went.
What does vanished mean?
What is to disappear?
What can you catch but not throw?
a cold
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?
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?
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?
Alex played a prank on me by placing a plastic spider on my pillow. When I woke up, I screamed.
What does prank mean?
I am a cylinder. I am known to be empty or filled to the brim. I can be an organizer’s best friend. I can get stinky when I’m full. What am I?
A trash can
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?
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?
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?
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?
I am big and square. There are lots of pieces to me. I hold more information than you can imagine, but I cannot function without a little help. People like to push my buttons, which really gets me fired up. What am I?
a computer
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?
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?
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?
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?
I am not a magician, but I make things disappear. I come in all shapes and sizes, but am most often found in pink. I can be a writer’s best friend. What am I?
An eraser