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Idioms Set #5

an idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning from the words

TermDefinition
sick as a dog to be very sick
sixth sense a paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the dead
smell a rat to detect someone is betraying another person
smell something fishy detect something isn't quite right and there might be a reason for it
spitting image the exact likeness of something
start from scratch to do it all over again from the beginning
the best of both worlds there are two choices and you have both
the whole nine yards everything. all of it.
tie the knot get married
steal someone's thunder to take credit for something someone else did
tongue-in-cheek humor, not to be taken seriously
turn a blind eye refuse to see something you know is real
under the weather feeling sick or ill
until the cows come home a very long time
water under the bridge when something from the past isn't important or significant anymore
wear your heart on your sleeve to openly and freely express your emotions
when it rains, it pours when something bad happens, it happens alot
when pigs fly something that will never ever happen
X marks the spot a phrase that is said when someone finds something he/she has been looking for
judge a book by its cover decisions made on appearance only
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