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Idiom meanings
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Money is the only friend that I can count on.

What is personification

100
The woods were sprinkled with snow, and the trees were beautiful with icicles.
What is imagery
100

"Mrs. Studyvin is about 100 years old."

Hyperbole.

100

"The story we read in class really gave me the creeps."

Mood

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"It's raining cats and dogs."

It's raining hard.

200
He ran as fast as lightening to the store.
What is a simile
200
Wanting revenge can lead your death.
What is theme
200

It cost an arm and a leg

What is idiom

200

"He had not feelings. His heart was as hard as a stone."

Simile

200

It's a blessing in disguise.

A good thing that initially seemed like it would be bad. 

300
If I can’t buy that new game, I will die.
What is a hyperbole
300

“He completed that Herculean task quicker than I thought."

What is allusion?

300
The boy was a fish swimming in the water.
What is a metaphor
300

"Life is a puzzle with pieces that don't always fit."

Metaphor

300

A dime a dozen.

Something that is very common, not unique.

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"Don't cry over spilled milk."

Idiom

400
The reader felt angry while reading.
What is mood
400
The author comes across depressed in the poem
What is tone
400

"The wind whispered lightly through the trees."

Personification.

400

Adding insult to injury.

To make a bad situation even worse. 

500
The amazing alligator ate the antelope.
What is alliteration
500

"I really think Mrs. Studyvin is in a bad mood. She just yelled at the quietest student."

Inference

500

The audience knowing that the swimmer was about to get eaten by the shark Jaws. 

What is dramatic irony?

500

The author leaving hints that the main character will die in the end

What is foreshadowing?

500

Go back to the drawing board.

To start over after a setback or failure.