What does this idiom mean?
Don't spill the beans about the party!
Don't tell the person about the party - don't give away the secret
She has eagle eyes
She can see really well
I have a million things to do
I'm really busy
He's skinny as a toothpick
He's really thin
I found a single lonely shoe
It's raining cats and dogs outside
It's raining really hard
The classroom was a zoo
It was crazy/chaotic
I have nothing to do
I'm bored
That runner is as fast as a cheetah
The leaf was dancing in the wind
The wind was blowing the leaf around
After months of trying to fix the old car, I finally decided to throw in the towel and buy a new one.
Throw in the towel means give up
Her eyes were diamonds
Her eyes were beautiful
I'll be there in two seconds
I'll be there very soon
I'm really busy
The wind howled
The wind was loud
There's no way I can buy that house. It costs an arm and a leg.
expensive
Books are mirrors of the soul
Books show you things about yourself
I haven't seen you in ages
I haven't seen you in a long time
Fear is like a giant fog
It's hard to make good decisions when you're afraid
The sun kissed my cheeks
I felt the sun on my cheeks/the sunshine felt good on my cheeks
I don't know why you're asking me about our weekend plans. You're barking up the wrong tree.
Mistaken, looking for solutions in the wrong place
“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.” —Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years
religion, art, and science are all related
I waited forever
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
You look lost
The alarm clock was yelling at me
The alarm clock was loud