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Idiom of the Day
Ms. Blooms Idiom of the day vocab.
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English
8th Grade
04/11/2013
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Penny for your Thoughts
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To ask someone what they are thinking about.
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Add Insult to Injury
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To make a bad situation even worse.
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Once in a Blue Moon
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When something happens very rarely
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Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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When someone finds it did difficult to choose between two alternatives
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See Eye to Eye
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When two (or more) people agree on something.
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Heard it Through the Grapevine
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To "hear a rumor" about someone or something.
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To be on the Ball
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To be well-informed
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To Cut Corners
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When something is done badly to save time or money.
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Cost an Arm and a Leg
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When something is very expensive.
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The Last Straw
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The final problem in a series of problems.
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Bend Over Backwards
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To try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone.
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To Feel Under the Weather
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To feel slightly ill
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Take with a Grain of Salt
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To consider something not completely true or right.
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To Bite off More than you can Chew
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To take responsibility for more than you can manage.
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To Cut it Out
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Means to stop doing something inappropriate, annoying or irritating.
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In Ages
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For a very long time.
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