Colour Idioms | Body Idioms | Animal Idioms |
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I'm feeling like this when I'm sad
I'm feeling blue
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You get this when you're nervous because you're about to perform. Feels like flutters.
Have butterflies in your stomach
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Where are you when you are in big trouble? Who's house?
In the doghouse
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I'm feeling like this when I'm happy. The colour rhymes with sink
I'm tickled pink
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You give this when you ignore someone or treat someone with coldness or contempt.
Give someone the cold shoulder
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Another phrase for "you need to wait". It's hard to hold them!
Hold your horses
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When you're caught doing something that you shouldn't be doing. Like your hands are a certain colour...
I'm caught red handed
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You get this when you're nervous. It's one of the extremities of your body.
Get cold feet
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To talk about something what could be more complicated than you know. It's not a can of soup!
You open a can of worms
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When something unexpected happens.
Out of the blue
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When you cry very very hard. They don't really fall out.
Cry your eyes out
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What are you doing when you're trying to get people to say good things about you?
You're fishing for a compliment
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