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Title: Idioms


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Idioms
  • By Jacob and Patrick

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Table of contents
  • Off his rocket
  • Two birds with one stone
  • Bug off
  • Bury the hatchet
  • Add fuel to the fire
  • Break the ice
  • No Spring chicken
  • Beating a dead horse
  • Barking up the wrong tree
  • Butterflies in my stomach
  • Button your lip
  • In the doghouse
  • On the hotseat
  • Playing with fire

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Off his Rocket
  • Definition- to go crazy
  • That old man is off his rocket my mother said.

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Beating a dead horse
  • Definition- To do something that has no point.
  • Your just beating a dead horse trying to win that
    race.

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Two birds with one stone
  • Definition- To do two things at once
  • You killed two birds with one stone today by
    doing both math and science.

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Barking up the wrong tree
  • Definition- Making a wrong assumption
  • You were barking up the wrong tree when you said
    she was mean.

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Bug Off
  • Definition- go away
  • Bug off, Im not in the mood.

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Butterflies in my stomach
  • Definition- Nervous
  • Ive got butterflies in my stomach before the
    race.

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Bury the Hatchet
  • Definition- to stop arguing and make friends.
  • Will you two bury the hatchet.

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Button your lip
  • Definition- Be quiet
  • Button your lip and go away.

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Add fuel to the fire
  • Definition- make something worse
  • Stop adding fuel to the fire and making the
    problem worse Jake.

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In the doghouse
  • Definition- in trouble
  • I was In the doghouse when I got a detention.

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Break the ice
  • Definition- start a conversation
  • Just break the ice and say something.

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On the hot seat
  • Definition- the subject of criticism
  • Your on the hot seat now that you said that.

15
No spring Chicken
  • Definition- not young any more.
  • Shes no spring chicken but has a lot of energy.

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No spring Chicken
  • Definition- not young any more.
  • Shes no spring chicken but has a lot of energy.

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Playing with fire
  • Definition- To attract trouble
  • Dont play with fire and be good.

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