IDIOMS

Idioms example:

meanzdfgdfzs - return to the beginning because of a failure accomplish the desired result.
 * Back to Square One / or Back to the Drawing Board**

__**Bull in a China Shop**__ meaning -a clumsy person who deals too roughly with a delicate situation; a rough person who is near breakable things; a tactless person who says or does something that angers people or upsets their plans

BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE MEANS - The way a person sounds is much more frightening than the way she or he acts: the threat is often worse than the action taken

baker's dozen meaning - getting thirteen of something for the price of twelve themaybehopefullymeyerislander9kiddo

shot in the arm something that lifts your spirits, energy, and confidence

__On the Warpath__ Meaning: in a very angry mood; infuriated. **
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pewee07- __On Top of the World__ Meaning: feeling extremely happy

pewee07- __Once in a Blue Moon__ Meaning: almost never; very seldom; hardly ever

pewee07- __One Good Turn Deserves Another__ Meaning: one good deed should be paid back with another

__pewee07-__ __One-Horse Town__ Meaning: a place with few comforts and activities; a dull rural town



pewee07- __One-Tracked Mind Meaning:__ always thinking about one subject. CTPACK20-Call it a day

To stop work for the day. FRUITLOOP1- Hit The Jackpot: to be very lucky, to achive a col goal

fruitloop1- hit the nail right on the head: to be exactly correct



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**Keep a Stiff Upper Lip**
Meaning: to be brave and not show emotion in a time of trouble

**Keep a Straight Face**
Meaning: to keep from laughing

Meaning: to keep alive;to have just enough to survive
 * Keep Body and Soul Together**

**Keep Something Under Your Hat**
Meaning: to keep something secret

**Keep the Wolf From the Door**
Meaning to keep from suffering poverty or starvation

**Keep Up with the Joneses**
Meaning: to try to keep up with what your neighbors have socially and financially; to work hard to have possessions as good as your neighbors

iammurloc Meaning: Old; aged.
 * Long in the Tooth**

iammurloc Meaning: the lowest-ranking, least important person in a group or organization. iammurloc To lose everything, especially money. iammurloc To think of and treat people as if they were lower in quality or ability.
 * Low Man on the Totem Pole**
 * Lose Your Shirt**
 * Look down your Nose at Someone**

iammurloc To take careful precautions to do the right thing after it is to late. iammurloc The whole of something; all the parts of a thing; everything. jumpstergoMI Make no bones about something: To speak directly, plainly, honestly, and without hesitation or doubt. JumpstergoMI Make a silk purse out of a Sow's ear: To create something valuable or beautiful out of something practilly worthless or ugly. JumpstergoMI Make a Mountain out of a Molehill: To turn a small, unimportant issue into a big, important one; to exaggerate the importance of something. JumpstergoMI Make ends Meet: To earn just enough to live within one's income. JumpstergoMI Make hay while the sun shines: To make the best of a limited opportunity.
 * Lock the Barn Door after the Horse Is Out**
 * Lock, Stock, and Barrel**

JumpstergoMI Make heads or trails out of something: To understand how something works; to figure something out.

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aflack Play with fire meaning:to take an unnecessary and dangourous risk;to court danger.

Point of no return meaning:the position or time after which it is immposible to go back.

Poor as a church mouse meaning:very poor;proverty-stricken.

Pot calling the kettle back meaning:the person citicizing the another person's faults is guilty of the same faults himself or herself.

Pour oil on the the troubled waters meaning:to calm an angry quarrel.

Power behind the throne meaning:the actual,but unrecognized,person in charge.

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Dime A dozen Meaning: Very common and inexpensive; easy to get and available any why

Do or Die meaning: To succeed or fail completely; to take the chance of running one in trying to succeed



Dog Days of Summer meaning: the hottest and most humid days of summer, usually much of July and August

Dog-Eat-Dog World meaning: a way of life marked by fierce competition in which people compete ruthlessly for survival or success

Dog's Life meaning:a bleak, harsh, terrible existence without much happiness or freedom

Don't Count You Chickens Before They Hatch meaning:don't count on profits before you earn them in h

to have a 1st experince in something to begin doing somthing for the 1st time

IDIOMS

QUICK ON THE DRAW- ready, alert, and quick to respond or react; mentally fast; quick to grasp information; touchy, sensitive



QUIET AS A MOUSE- silent or still; making very little noise; saying nothing; hushed, subdued

RAIN OR SHINE- no matter what happens; what ever the weather is like QUIET AS A MOUSE- silent or still; making very little noise; saying nothing; hushed, subdued

RAIN CHECK- a ticket stub allowing attendance at a future event in place of one that was canceled; a piece of paper from a store for buying a sold-out item at the sale price at a later date.

RAINING CATS AND DOGS- to rain heavily; to pour



Ctpack20-Call the shots

To make the decisions and be in charge.

Idiom Meaning: to keep alive;to have just enough to survive
 * Keep Body and Soul Together**

~dramaqueen15~ "get down to brass tracks" meaning:to go straight to the basic facts of matter; begin the most important work or business; to get started with the essentials.

~dramaqueen15~ "get in on the ground floor" meaning:to be part of some big important project or business at is start.

~dramaqueen15~ "get into the swing of things" meaning:to become accustoms to routine activities.

~dramaqueen15~ "get off the hook" meaning:to free yourself or someone from a distance obligation; to get out of trouble; to evade a punishment.

~dramaqueen15~ "get out of my face" meaning:stop standing in front of me in a provocative manner, close to my face, arguing with me, or disapproving of my actions.

~dramaqueen15~ "get real" meaning:face reality; think and act in a serious fashion; stop fantasizing.

~dramaqueen15~ "get something off your chest" meaning:to make known something that is bothersome, angering, or irritating, but kept secret.

Mountain_dew If the shoe fits wear it. Means-if a remark applies to you, you should admit that it is true. Meaning: very close together, side by side.

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Chew Your Cud

Meaning: to think deeply to oneself;to turn a matter over and over in your mind.

Chicken Feed Meaning: a very small or insinificant amount of money.

Chew The Fat

Meaning: to have a friendly, informal talk; to chat in a relaxed way.

Cheek By Jowl

Meaning: Very close together; side by side.

Chew someone out

Meaning: To scold severely or roughly; to bawl someone out.

Chew up the scenery

Meaning: To overact; to exaggerate your emotions.







meaning - to feel extremely unhappy about a hopeless situation ; to make yourself sick with grief and worry. Meaning - to have to take back what you said ; to admit humbly that you were wrong.

Meaning - to be very embarrassed or humiliated for something you did or said.

Meaning - hard, energetic, manual labor.

Meaning - at the latest possible time, just before the dead line.

Meaning - there is something good in every bad situation.

Meaning - every person possible, especially very ordinary people.

**Bring Home The Bacon Meaning: To support a family by working; to earn a living.**

Bug Off Meaning: To leave someone alone;go away; stop annoying someone.

Bug Someone Meaning: to irritate, annoy, and bother someone a lot.

Bull in a China Shop Meaning: a clumsy person who deals too roughly with a delicate situation; a rough person who is near breakable things; a tactless person who says or does something that angers people or upsets their plans.

Burn The Candle at Both Ends Meaning: to overwork yourself mentally or physically and until you're exhausted.

Burn the Midnight Oil Meaning: to stay up very late at night studying or working.







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Ignorance is Bliss Means- It is better not to know bad news sometimes, especially if you're happy.

Jack-of-all-Trades Meaning: a person who can do many different kinds of work well.
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Jet Set Meaning: the wealthy, fashionable, and famous people who travel frequently

Jump down Your Throat Meaning: to talk or scream at someone in a sudden, angry way

Jump Off the Deep End Meaning: to act emotionally without carefully thinking about the end result; to become deeply involved before your ready to

Jump on the Bandwagon Meaning: to become part of the newest activity because many other people are

Jump the Gun to do or say something before you should; to act prematurely or hastily   **

Cast The First Stone Meaning: To be the first to attack, blame or criticize someone; to lead accusers against a wrongdoer.
 * Piggy08

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GOTO THE DOGS MEANING:To decline in looks or health to be ruined or deatroyed to ruin ones self!!! soccergirl12a

Egg on your face Meaning - To be very embarrassed or humiliated for something foolish that you did or said. By soccergirl7



Eat you words Meaning - To have to take what you said ; to admit humbly that you were wrong.

Eat you heart out. Meaning - To feel extremely unhappy about a hopeless situation ; to make yourself sick with grief and worry. by soccergirl7

Eleventh Hour Meaning - At the latest possible time ; just before the deadline.

Piggy08 Cat got Your Tongue Meaning Is there a reason that your not speaking?

Mountain_dew In a Nut shell! Means-In very few words, briefly;clearly and to the point.

moemoe411 eyes in the back of your head meaning:abiliy to sense what is happening outside the field of vison.**

MADE BY: Cece1 FROM THE WORD GO- MEANING:from the very beginning

MADE BY: Callie FULL OF HOT AIR- MEANING:being foolish and talking nonsense; pompous; vain

MADE BY:Callie FULL OF BEANS- MEANING:lively happy and energetic, high-spirited

MADE BY:Callie GET A KICK OUT OF SOMETHING- MEANING:to enjoy doing something; to get a thrill out of something

MADE BY:Callie GET A HANDLE OF SOMETHING- MEANING:to find way to understand or deal with something: to start to over come a difficult problem or situation

MADE BY:Callie GET AWAY WITH MURDER- MEANING:to do something bad, wrong, or illegal and not get caught or punished