Funny English Idioms

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If someone is ‘running around like a headless chicken,’ they are ...

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When we say there is ‘the elephant in the room’ it means…

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If you tell someone to ‘hold their horses,’ you ask them to …

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When you  'go cold turkey', you ...

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When you 'have your ducks in a row' it means that you…

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Something great and revolutionary can be referred to as ...

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When someone ‘goes bananas’ they ...

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If someone is a ‘wet blanket,’ what are they like?

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If someone is ‘wet behind the ears,’ they ...

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A ‘fat chance’ refers to…

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The phrase ‘Elvis has left the building’ means that…

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If you’re stuffed to the gills ...

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When you fly off the handle you ...
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When you pig out, you ...
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When something ‘goes belly up’, it ...

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When you ‘pull the wool over someone's eyes,’ it means that you ...

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When you bend over backwards, you ...

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If you 'throw someone a bone', you ...

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This idiom is a way of claiming something, or saying  'That’s mine!'

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When you want to ask somebody what they think or know about a particular subject, you ...

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