CL. Test 101-120 Flashcards
What is blood?
101
Circulatory fluid pumping through our blood vessels.
Carries oxygen to the cells
101
What does blood do?
Severe food poisoning
102
What’s botulism?
Improperly prepared food
102
Where does botulism come from?
The main organ of the nervous system
103
What is the brain?
The skull
103
What protects the brain?
Part of the brain that controls the body
104
What is the cerebrum?
Two
104
How many parts does the cerebrum have?
A disease of the lymphatic system
105
What is the bubonic plague?
England
105
Where was a common case of the bubonic plague?
Cancer
106
What is the leading cause of death in the US?
Tumors
106
What is an effect of cancer?
Tiny blood vessels
107
What are capillaries?
To transport blood between veins and arteries.
107
What is the purpose of capillaries?
A childhood disease
108
What is chicken pox?
You are immune to it.
108
What happens if you catch chicken pox?
Restrain your enthusiasm
109
What does “hold your horses” mean?
The “west”
109
Where did the saying “hold your horses” originate?
Get some sleep.
110
What does “hit the sack” mean?
Usually, to yet some sleep.
110
What does “hit the sack” mean?
Usually meaning that one is being held in contempt by another
111
What does it mean to be “in the doghouse?”
Committing an error against another.
111
Why would one be “in the doghouse?”
Ice skating on ice that will easily break.
112
What is skating on thin ice?
To be in a precarious position
112
What does the saying “skating on thin ice” mean?
Bart Simpson
113
Who popularized “don’t have a cow man?”
To be overly stressed.
113
What does it mean to “have a cow?”
To he nervous
114
What does it mean to “have butterflies in ones stomach?”
You would be sick.
114
What would happen if you literally had butterflies in your stomach?
Annoy them
115
What does it mean to drive someone up a wall?
Being driven insane by annoying things
115
Why would someone crawl up a wall?
Yogi Berra
116
Who said “it isn’t over till the fat lady sings?”
It isn’t over until it’s over.
116
What does Yogi Berra’s saying mean?
To want more food than you can eat.
117
What did it originally mean to have eyes bigger than your stomach?
To want more than you can use or need
117
What does it now mean to have eyes bigger than your stomach?
If your overly quiet
118
Why would someone say, cats got your tongue?
The fact that cars are almost silent.
118
Where did cat got your tongue? Originate?
To be in good shape or condition
119
What does it mean to be fit as a fiddle?
The fact that a fiddle must be tuned.
119
Where did the saying, fit as a fiddle, originate?
You can’t cover up faults.
120
What does, you can’t cover the sun with one finger, mean?
