Idiomatic Expressions

Once in a blue moon

• to be caught in the act of doing something wrong

• not often

• something that values

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I feel the butterflies in my stomach every time my teacher calls me.

• ate butterflies

• anxious and nervous feeling

• hungry feeling

• happy and excitement feeling

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"I believed that he was my friend. I can't believe that he stabbed me in the back."

• to stab with a knife

• to hate or discourage someone

• to love or support someone

• to betray or deceive someone

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I needed help with my homework, so I asked my friend to lend me a hand.

• When someone smile at someone

• Give a hand to your friend

• When you do not help someone

• When you help someone or someone helps

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Speak the devil

• to mention the name of one who the appears

• to look for something where there is nothing

• to lose one's temper

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Apple of my eye

• something that one values

• to be caught in the act of doing something wrong

• choosing to do something unpleasant

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Why are idiomatic expressions used in poems? Choose one answer

• They make your works more creative

• It attracts your readers

• To show that you are intelligent

• To be a highest pointer

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It can be a word, a phrase or a mere expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning

• idiomatic expression

• It is a word

• It is a language

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The early bird catches the worm.

• Don't take your first opportunity

• Make your business deals in the morning

• Don't be late/slow

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Bring your umbrella, it's raining cats and dogs

• It is snowing

• The streets are flooding

• It is raining very hard

• There are stray cats and dogs

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