Plant Idioms

"to bark up the wrong tree"

• to talk to the right person

• to make a bad choice

• a dog barking

• to cut a tree

"to beat around the bush"

• to be direct

• to quickly answer the question

• not answer a question directly

• to clean the yard

"a bed of roses"

• red roses

• to sleep

• comfortable, nice

• smells nice

"bushed"

• very tired

• awake

• energetic

• ready to work

"fresh as a daisy"

• to feed a horse

• to have a lot of energy, rested

• to be awake

• baseball

"in a nutshell"

• the long story

• the short story

• peanuts

• almonds

"the last straw"

• many chances

• to drink

• the last chance

• straws

"needle in a haystack"

• a small chance at, probably not going to happen

• to wait

• a long time

• a flower bud

"cream of the crop"

• the best part, best students or workers

• to keep a secret

• grape juice

• no information

"to turn over a new leaf"

• to do the same thing

• to change your life, make better

• stubborn

• never change