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Idioms II

More Idioms and Their Meanings

TermDefinition
Cast Iron Stomach When someone can eat or drink anything OR see something gory without getting physically sick or disgusted
Chew Someone Out To scold someone harshly
Crack Someone Up Cause someone to laugh
Cry Over Spilt Milk Complaining about a loss that happened in the past
Cry Wolf Telling false information that gets people alarmed
Cut to the Chase Telling only the important and necessary details
Dead Ringer Someone or something identical the original person
Devil's Advocate Taking a position in an argument or debate that is the opposite of what the person truly believes, but presents to help show the other side
Dog Days of Summer The slow and very hot days, usually toward the end of summer
Down to the Wire Something that gets finished at the very end of the time limit
Drive Someone up the Wall To highly annoy someone
Dropping Like Flies When several people get ill at once
Dry Run A rehearsal to see how well something will work or how long it will take
Everything But the Kitchen Sink Something that has almost anything one could imagine in it
Fixed in Your Ways Someone who resists changing from their usual way of doing things
Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Someone who is having a terrible day and/or someone who is very grouchy
Give Someone the Slip To escape from someone
Go For Broke To put all of your energy into trying to accomplish something
Go Out on a Limb Ptough position so that you utting yourself into a can support someone
Go the Extra Mile Giving more effort to accomplish a goal than the minimum expectations
Created by: Rvanmeter
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