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English
5th Grade
11/26/2013

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in a pickle
Definition
in trouble
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butterflies in the stomach
Definition
nervous
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opened a can of worms
Definition
getting into a situation you can’t get out of
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bury your head in the sand
Definition
refuse to acknowledge a problem
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don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Definition
don’t plan for something you can’t confirm
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putting his foot in his mouth
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saying something silly
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beating around the bush
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not getting to the point
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in one ear and out the other
Definition
not listening to the situation
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keep your shirt on
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keep calm
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eyes are bigger than your stomach
Definition
asking for food you can’t eat
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straight from the horse’s mouth
Definition
getting it from the source
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give someone the cold shoulder
Definition
ignore a person
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close shave
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almost getting into trouble
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crocodile tears
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fake tears
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to get up on the wrong side of the bed
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to be cranky
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fly off the handle
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get angry
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skeleton in the closet
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have a secret
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let the cat out of the bag
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tell a secret
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crying over spilled milk
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crying over something you don’t need to cry over
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getting in everyone’s hair
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getting into people’s business
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to take the words right out of someone’s mouth
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to say the same thing as someone was going to say
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sitting on top of the world
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be very happy
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jump on the bandwagon
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do something because everyone else is
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putting your finger on something
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trying to figure out what is going on
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