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what is the meaning of this figure of speech?
cat got your tongue!

• your cat is mean
• you're being quiet
• you ate something spicy

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A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

• Irony
• Pun
• Idiom
• Sarcasm

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This team is terrible at not being terrible.

• abstract
• proper
• compound
• collective

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You're barking up the wrong tree.

• You are asking the wrong person
• Trees have bark on them
• To tell your dog to stop barking
• Accomplish two tasks with one action

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Cost an arm and a leg

• When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

• When something is done badly to save money.

• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

• This idiom is used to express "Don't make plans for something that might not happen".

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Barking up the wrong tree

• Something good that isn't recognized at first.
• Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
• When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.
• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

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Better than sorry is

• safe
• Monopoly
• money
• friends

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What does "more fun than a barrel of monkeys" mean?

• a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

• You're embarrassed because you made a mistake and everyone knows about it.

• Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city

• Go away and stop bothering me.

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What does "birds of a feather flock together" mean?

• People who enjoy the same things, do the same things together

• a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

• Go away and stop bothering me.

• Fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city

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What does "it's written all over your face" mean?

• Feelings or emotions are easy to see on your face.

• Do not wait or you could miss your opportunity.

• Face the problem and take control of it.

• You are acting restless or impatient.

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