The Greatest Idioms

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The Greatest Idioms

• By CJ and Tim

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Table of Contents

• 1.Break a Leg 8.Back seat
  driver
• 2.Cat got your tongue 9.Bite the dust
• 3.Chill out 10.Busy
  as a beaver
• 4.Chip on your shoulder 11.Let the cat out of
  the bag
  
• 5.Skating on thin ice 12.On the ball
  
• 6.Throw in the towel 13.2 peas in a
  pod
• 7.Dead as a doornail 14.Zip it

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Break A Leg

• Sentence Before I left for the big football game
  my mom told me to break a leg.
• Def get going do good

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Cat Got your Tongue

• Sentence I stepped up to talk but a cat had my
  tongue.
• Def Cant talk nothing is coming out.

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Chill out

• Sentence I dropped the vase and told my mom to
  chill out.
• Def relax

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Chip on your shoulder

• Sentence My coach had a chip on his shoulder
  because he wanted revenge.
• Def angry because something happened in the past.

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Skating on thin ice

• Sentence My dad told me that I was skating on
  thin ice and was about to get grounded.
• Def about to get in trouble

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Throw in the towel

• Sentence Grant was so bad at ballet he had to
  throw in the towel.
• Def give up, quit

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Dead as a doornail

• Sentence The bird on the side of the road was as
  dead as a doornail.
• Def dead for sure

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Back seat driver

• Sentence As my mom was driving she said No one
  likes a back seat driver.
• Def Giving directions from the back seat.

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Bite the dust

• Sentence We won the game as another team bit the
  dust.
• Def Fall to the ground lose or die.

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Busy as a beaver

• Sentence Mrs. Segiet is as busy as a beaver.
• Def really busy

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Let the cat out of the bag

• Sentence I accidentally let the cat out of the
  bag, everyone was mad.
• Def dispose a secret.

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On the ball

• Sentence Mrs. Segiet is always on the ball.
• Def On top of work.

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Two peas in a pod

• Sentence The twins are two peas in a pod.
• Def Both the same

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Zip it

• Sentence The teacher said to zip it.
• Def Be Quiet shut up