Idioms
Idioms in context
Roots
Affixes
Affixes or Roots
100

crazy 

What is "not playing with a full deck"?

100

After Michael missed three shots in a row and passed the ball to a player on the other team, the boys were only up by two and they suspected that Michael would be the Achilles' heel of the team.

What is "weak link"?

100

Audible

What is "hear"?

100

premonition

What is "before"?

100

hypothermia

What is "heat"?

200

a pacifier to a screaming baby

What is "put one's mind to rest"?

200

Vince knew that if he wanted to get into college, he'd have to keep his nose to the grindstone all senior year.

What is "work hard"?

200

hydroponics

What is "water"?

200

transcontinental

What is "across, beyond, or through"?

200

inconsequential

What is "not"?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

identical twins

What is "dead ringer"?

300

Ever since country western super group The Mountain Boys started wearing stovepipe hats, those hats have been selling like hotcakes

What is "fast"?

300

microcosm

What is "small and life"?

300

intermission

What is "between, among"?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

misinterpretation

What is "wrongly"?

400

trying to figure out the circumference of a circle

What is "it is greek to me"?

400

After promising to go to Beth's parent's cabin for the weekend, Molly got invited to the coolest party of the year and now Molly is really in a pickle

What is "quandary"?

400

fracture

What is "break"?

400

subjugate

What is "under"?

400

antemortem

What is "death"?

500

a funeral

What is "kick the bucket"?

500

If Kim thinks that I’m going to let her copy my math homework, she’s barking up the wrong tree.

What is "no chance"?

500

centigrade

What is "100 or 1/100th"?

500

refurbish

What is "again"?

500

confrontational

What is "together, jointly"?