121-140 Flashcards

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1
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His Bark is worse than his bite is an obvious what, reference?121

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Canine reference

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2
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What is His bark is worse than his bite?121

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A metaphor

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3
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Wen pigs fly is what?122

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Impossible

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4
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If someone says When Pigs Fly, it’s usually what?122

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A disagreement

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5
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The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree refers to what?123

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Someone doing something dumb, that is inherited

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The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree in a literal sense, would make sense to who?123

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Botanists

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Fit for a queen refers to what?124

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Royalty

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Fit for a queen also refers to with what?124

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Opulence

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9
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“If the shoe fits, wear it,” is not an actual what?125

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Literal saying

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10
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If the shoe fits wear it metaphorically means?125

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If something “fits you” then do it

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To know something like the back of your hand, metaphorically means?126

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To know something VERY well

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If you know something like the back of your hand, you don’t need what?126

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Instructions/map

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13
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Blind as a bat means what?127

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You can’t see well

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14
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Blind with a bat has to do with what?127

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The blindness and echolocation of a bat

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Dumb as a box of hair is a what?128

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Simile

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16
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Dumb as a box of hair is a what?128

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Insult

17
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Hawks can do what?129

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See very well

18
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If you have eyes like a hawk, you can what?129

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See like one…. Which is good

19
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If you throw someone to the wolves, you do it willingly, or what?130

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Unwillingly

20
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If your thrown to the wolves, you are in a what? 130

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Uncomfortable position

21
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What does skeleton in the closet mean?131

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Having secrets better kept than told

22
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Skeleton in the closet is a what?131

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Figure of speech

23
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To play second fiddle means what? 133

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To play a supporting, minor role

24
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Playing second fiddle, doesn’t really mean what?133

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To play an ACTUAL fiddle

25
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Playing it by ear means what?132

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Improve/”winging it”

26
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Playing by ear DOESN’T mean what?132

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To play something using your ear

27
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What does pop the question mean?135

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To propose

28
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What is “pop the question”?135

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A figure of speech

29
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Past Mortem means what? 136

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Something the follows an event

30
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What language if past-Mortem? 136

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Latin

31
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Pot calling the kettle black means? 137

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Name calling an insult that suits yourself

32
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What is Pot Calling The Kettle black? 137

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Figurative language

33
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Who wrote the play that originated the saying pound of flesh? 139

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Shakespeare

34
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What was the play called that started the saying pound of flesh? 139

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The merchant of Venice

35
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Primrose path is a life of what?140

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Ease and pleasure

36
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What is “Primrose Path”? 140

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A figure of speech