Animals
If you reveal a secret by accident, you "let the ______ out of the bag."
What is cat?
If you are just joking with someone or teasing them, you are "pulling their ______."
What is leg?
When a plan fails completely and you have to start all over from the very beginning, you go "back to the drawing ______."
What is board?
If a task is incredibly easy to do, it is a "piece of ______."
What is cake?
If something happens very rarely, it happens "once in a ______ moon."
What is blue?
What does it mean when someone says it is "raining cats and dogs"?
What is raining very heavily?
What does it mean if something costs "an arm and a leg"?
What is it is very expensive?
If you pass an English exam with an A and did exceptionally well, you passed "with flying ______."
What is colors?
A person who sits on the couch all day watching TV and eating snacks is called a "couch ______."
What is potato?
If you catch someone doing something bad or illegal in the exact moment they are doing it, you catch them "______-handed."
What is red?
: If you are trying to deal with a problem directly and bravely, you "take the ______ by the horns."
What is bull?
If you decide to ignore something or pretend you didn't see it, you "turn a blind ______."
What is eye?
What does the idiom "hit the nail on the head" mean?
What is to describe exactly what is causing a situation or give the precise correct answer?
If someone tells you to "spill the beans," what do they want you to do?
What is reveal a secret / tell the truth?
If you get permission to finally start a new project or goal, you get the "______ light."
What is green?
What does it mean to have "a whale of a time"?
What is to have an exciting or fantastic time / enjoy yourself immensely?
When someone gets too scared or nervous to do something at the last minute (like public speaking), we say they got "cold ______.
What is feet?
If a project or business venture completely fails or goes bankrupt, it "goes down the ______."
What is drain (or tubes)?
What does it mean to "cry over spilled milk"?
What is to waste time worrying or being upset about something that already happened and cannot be changed?
If a lie is harmless, innocent, or told just to avoid hurting someone's feelings, it is a "______ lie."
What is white?
someone is doing something completely useless or wasting time on something that is already failed/dead, they are "flogging (or beating) a dead ______."
What is horse?
What does it mean to "play it by ear"?
What is to improvise or make plans as you go, rather than following a strict script/plan?
What does it mean to "cut corners" when doing a school project?
What is to do something poorly, quickly, or cheaply to save time/money, often sacrificing quality?
If someone is very calm, relaxed, and controlled in a stressful situation, they are "as cool as a ______."
What is cucumber?
What does it mean when a surprise or a piece of news comes "out of the blue"?
What is it happens completely unexpectedly or by total surprise?