An Idiom a Day Will Help Keep the Boredom In Schooling Away #3

What are idioms?

Dictionary A-noun- form of expression peculiar to one language; dialect

Dictionary B-noun- A form of expression whose understood meaning is not expressed by the exact meanings of the

individual words, as to get along with;the language peculiar to a people;a variety or form of a language;

a dialect;the individual terminology or manner of expression characteristic of a certain group, profession, or the like.

There are 180 lessons provided, which will allow you to use one a day to help keep the boredom in schooling away.

This should be a fun time of the day,where the children laugh and joke about the idiom, and their perception of what it means.

1. Have the students draw a picture of what these words ‘should mean’ together beside A. 2. You can either have your students look up the idioms meaning,

or you can provide it to them after they have drawn their drawings for item A.3. Have them write a sentence using the idiom appropriately on the lines provided.

4. Now have them draw a picture using the sentence they wrote,

and the actual ‘meaning of the idiom’ beside B.

1. Asleep at the Switch A.

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B.

2. Ax to GrindA.

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B.

3. Back to the Drawing BoardA.

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B.

4. Batten Down the HatchesA.

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B.

5. Beat the BandA.

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B.

6. Behind the Eight BallA.

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B.

7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaA.

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B.

8. Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the BushA.

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B.

9. Bite the BulletA.

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B.

10. Blind Leading the BlindA.

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B.

11. Blue BloodA.

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B.

12. Bottom LineA.

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B.

13. Bowl of CherriesA.

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B.

14. Bug SomeoneA.

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B.

15. Burn the Midnight OilA.

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B.

16. Burn Your Bridges Behind YouA.

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B.

17. Bursting At the SeamsA.

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B.

18. Bury the HatchetA.

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B.

19. Butter Someone UpA.

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B.

20. Call You on the CarpetA.

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B.

21. Can’t Fight City HallA.

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B.

22. Can’t See the Forest for the TreesA.

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B.

23. Chickens Come Home to RoostA.

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B.

24. Close ShaveA.

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B.

25. Come Up smelling Like a RoseA.

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B.

26. Cook Your GooseA.

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B.

27. Cool as a CucumberA.

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B.

28. Cut Your Nose Off to Spite Your FaceA.

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B.

29. Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the MouthA.

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B.

30. Don’t Take Any Wooden NickelsA.

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B.

31. Down in the DumpsA.

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B.

32. Down-to-the-WireA.

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B.

33. Drive a Hard BargainA.

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B.

34. Drop in the BucketA.

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B.

35. Early Bird Catches the WormA.

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B.

36. Eat Humble PieA.

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B.

37. Eat Out of Your HandA.

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B.

38. Eat Your Heart OutA.

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B.

39. Eat Your WordsA.

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B.

40. Every Tom, Dick, and HarryA.

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B.

41. Everything But the Kitchen SinkA.

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B.

42. Face the MusicA.

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B.

43. Feast or FamineA.

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B.

44. Feather Your NestA.

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B.

45. Fifth WheelA.

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B.

46. Finger in Every PieA.

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B.

47. Fly the CoopA.

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B.

48. Follow Your NoseA.

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B.

49. Footloose and Fancy-FreeA.

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B.

50. Forty WinksA.

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B.

51. Four Corners of the EarthA.

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B.

52. From the Word GoA.

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B.

53. Get a Kick Out of SomethingA.

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B.

54. Get Down to Brass TacksA.

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B.

55. Get in on the Ground FloorA.

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B.

56. Get RealA.

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B.

57. Get Something Off Your Chest A.

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B.

58. Get the AxA.

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B.

59. Get the Lead Out of Your FeetA.

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B.

60. Get Your Dander UpA.

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B.

61. Get Your GoatA.

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B.

62. Give Someone the Shirt Off Your BackA.

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B.

63. Give Your Right ArmA.

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B.

64. Go Climb a TreeA.

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B.

65. Go Over Like a Lead BalloonA.

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B.

66. Go Over With a Fine Tooth CombA.

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B.

67. Go to the DogsA.

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B.

68. Greek to MeA.

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B.

69. Green with EnvyA.

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B.

70. Hang Out Your ShingleA.

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B.

71. Head Over Heels in LoveA.

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B.

72. Heart’s in the Right PlaceA.

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B.

73. Heavens to BetsyA.

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B.

74. High HorseA.

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B.

75. Hit the JackpotA.

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B.

76. Hit the Nail Right on the HeadA.

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B.

77. In a NutshellA.

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B.

78. In a Pretty Kettle of FishA.

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B.

79. In the BagA.

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B.

80. In the LimelightA.

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B.

81. It Takes Two To TangoA.

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B.

82. Jump Down Your ThroatA.

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B.

83. Jump On the BandwagonA.

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B.

84. Keep Your Ear to the GroundA.

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B.

85. Keep Your Head Above WaterA.

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B.

86. Keep Your Nose to the GrindstoneA.

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B.

87. Kick Up Your HeelsA.

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B.

88. Kill Two Birds with One StoneA.

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B.

89. Knee-High to a GrasshopperA.

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B.

90. Laugh Out of the Other Side of Your MouthA.

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B.

91. Lay Your Cards on the TableA.

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B.

92. Leave No Stone UnturnedA.

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B.

93. Let Sleeping Dogs LieA.

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B.

94. Let the Cat Out of the BagA.

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B.

95. Light at the End of the TunnelA.

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B.

96. Like Two Peas in a PodA.

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B.

97. Lock, Stock , and BarrelA.

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B.

98. Low Man On the Totem PoleA.

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B.

99. Lower the BoomA.

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B.

100. Mad as a Wet HenA.

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B.

101. Make a Federal Case Out of SomethingA.

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B.

102. Make No Bones About SomethingA.

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B.

103. Make Your Mouth WaterA.

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B.

104. Mess With SomeoneA.

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B.

105. Mind Your P’s and Q’sA.

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B.

106. More Than Meets the EyeA.

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B.

107. My Two Cents WorthA.

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B.

108. Name is MudA.

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B.

109. Nitty GrittyA.

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B.

110. No DiceA.

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B.

111. Not Your Cup of TeaA.

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B.

112. Nothing to Sneeze atA.

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B.

113. Nutty as a FruitcakeA.

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B.

114. Off the Top of Your HeadA.

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B.

115. Off Your TrolleyA.

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B.

116. On Pins and NeedlesA.

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B.

117. On TenterhooksA.

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B.

118. On Top of the WorldA.

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B.

119. Once in a Blue MoonA.

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B.

120. One Good Turn Deserves AnotherA.

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B.

121. Open a Can of WormsA.

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B.

122. Other Side of the CoinA.

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B.

123. Out of the Clear Blue SkyA.

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B.

124. Out on a LimbA.

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B.

125. Par for the CourseA.

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B.

126. Pass the BuckA.

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B.

127. Pay the PiperA.

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B.

128. Pay Through the NoseA.

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B.

129. Pen is Mightier Than the SwordA.

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B.

130. Penny for Your ThoughtsA.

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B.

131. Pie in the SkyA.

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B.

132. Play Both Ends Against the MiddleA.

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B.

133. Play Fast and LooseA.

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B.

134. Play the FieldA.

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B.

135. Pour Oil On Troubled WatersA.

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B.

136. Pull No PunchesA.

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B.

137. Pull the Rug Out from Under YouA.

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B.

138. Pull the Wool over Your EyesA.

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B.

139. Put All Your Eggs in One Basket A.

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B.

140. Put Your Best Foot ForwardA.

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B.

141. Put Your Foot DownA.

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B.

142. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IsA.

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B.

143. Raining Cats and DogsA.

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B.

144. Raise an EyebrowA.

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B.

145. Raise CainA.

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B.

146. Raise the RoofA.

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B.

147. Red-Carpet TreatmentA.

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B.

148. Red Letter DayA.

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B.

149. Right off the BatA.

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B.

150. Rub the Wrong WayA.

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B.

151. Save for a Rainy DayA.

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B.

152. Sell Like Hot CakesA.

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B.

153. Sitting DuckA.

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B.

154. Six of One and a Half a Dozen of the OtherA.

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B.

155. Sky’s the LimitA.

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B.

156. Smell a RatA.

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B.

157. Sow Your Wild OatsA.

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B.

158. Split HairsA.

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B.

159. Stir Up a Hornet’s NestA.

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B.

160. Straight From the Horses MouthA.

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B.

161. Sweet TalkA.

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B.

162. Take One’s MedicineA.

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B.

163. Take Someone Under Someone’s WingA.

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B.

164. Take the Biter with the SweetA.

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B.

165. That’s the Way the Cookie CrumblesA.

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B.

166. Through the GrapevineA.

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B.

167. Through Your Weight AroundA.

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B.

168. Tied to Someone’s Apron StringsA.

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B.

169. Til the Cows Come HomeA.

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B.

170. Tip of the IcebergA.

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B.

171. Too Big For Your BritchesA.

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B.

172. Too Many Cooks Spoil the BrothA.

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B.

173. Touch Something With a Ten-Foot PoleA.

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B.

174. Turn Over a New LeafA.

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B.

175. Turn the TablesA.

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B.

176. Two-FacedA.

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B.

177. Under the WeatherA.

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B.

178. Up a Creek Without a PaddleA.

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B.

179. Wash Your Hands of SomethingA.

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B.

180. Wet Behind the EarsA.

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B.