Plant Idioms
A rolling stone gathers none of this.
Moss
Children like to help thread this snack food into garlands to decorate Christmas trees.
popcorn
This Benz is a popular German car in North America.
The year before kids enter first grade, they attend this.
Kindergarten
“A gas” didn’t mean something you put in a car in the 1960s; it meant this.
having fun
Try not to go barking up the wrong one of these.
Tree
Bees make this food.
Honey
Some of its vehicles are the Microbus, also known as the Van, and the Beetle, also known as the Bug.
Volkswagen
Typical round lettuce used in sandwiches or what brought down the Titanic. It translates to "mountain of ice".
Iceberg
A favorite pastime of teenagers was “cruising,” and parents feared their insurance would rise because of this activity.
driving around
Beat around this.
Bush
This thinly sliced salad ingredient helps tighten skin around the eyes.
Cucumber
This hydrogen-filled airship exploded while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937.
Hindenburg
This part of the egg can be applied to the face to temporarily tighten pores.
Whites
People who did this scored a “five-finger discount.”
shoplifting
It's like looking for a needle in this.
Haystack
It takes only two ingredients to make DIY papier-mâché glue of paste.
This three-letter German car is known as the ultimate driving machine and the ultimate driving experience.
BMW
Fireflies or Lightning bugs
This person was a “kiss up” in class.
teacher’s pet
Extend one of these when you've hurt someone.
Olive Branch
This acidic salad dressing ingredient can be used for cleaning.
Vinegar
The German highway system is similar to American interstates but has no speed limit in some rural areas.
Autobahn
This once-divided city is the capital of Germany.
Berlin
In the 1960s, “rap” meant this.
talk