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Hello! Try to pick one idiom a day andcopy the idiomcopy the meaningWrite it in a sentenceTop 120 Interesting Idioms Examples for ESL LearnersA bull in a china shop?Meaning: Someone who is very clumsyA grey areaMeaning: Something unclearA little birdie told meMeaning: Someone told me a secretA rip-offMeaning: Too expensiveAdd fuel to the fireMeaning: To add more to an existing problemAs easy as ABCMeaning: Something is very easyBee in her bonnetMeaning: She is upsetBirdbrainMeaning: Someone who is not very smartBusy as a beeMeaning: To be very active and working hard at somethingCall it a dayMeaning: Time to quitCat got your tongue?Meaning: Why aren’t you talking?Cool as a cucumber (Food Idioms)Meaning: To be very calm under stressCrack a bookMeaning: Open up a book and studyCross your fingersMeaning: For good luckCry crocodile tearsMeaning: To pretend to be upsetCuriosity killed the catMeaning: Asking too many questions may get you in troubleDifferent kettle of fishMeaning: Something completely differentDoggy bagMeaning: A bag to take home leftovers from a restaurantDown to the wireMeaning: At the last minuteDraw a blankMeaning: Can’t rememberFell on deaf earsMeaning: People wouldn’t listen to somethingFill in the blanksMeaning: Provide more informationFish out of?waterMeaning: Being somewhere you don’t belongFor the birdsMeaning: Something that is not worth anythingGet a kick out of itMeaning: Really enjoy/like somethingGet cold feetMeaning: Be nervousGet off your high horseMeaning: Quit thinking you are better than othersGet your act togetherMeaning: Behave properlyGive it a shotMeaning: To try to do somethingGiving the cold shoulderMeaning: Ignore someoneGoose is cookedMeaning: Now you’re in troubleHave a change of heartMeaning: Changed your mindHave mixed feelingsMeaning: Be unsure of how you feelHave second thoughtsMeaning: Have doubtsHold your horsesMeaning: Wait a minuteHorse of a different colorMeaning: Something that is quite different, a separate issueHot dogMeaning: A person doing athletic stunts that are dangerousI’m all earsMeaning: You have my full attentionIn hot waterMeaning: Be in troubleIn the same boatMeaning: Be in the same situationIt cost an arm and a legMeaning: It was expensiveIt’s in the bagMeaning: It’s a certaintyI’ve got your number( HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" number? ................
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