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All's well that ends well.

• Stories usually have happy endings.
• The result is what matters most.
• The beginning is the same as the ending.
• We cannot control the way something ends.

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I can do a cartwheel! It's a piece of cake! What does the idiom "Piece of cake" mean? 

• it's easy 
• it's challenging
• a happy feeling 
• something I can do

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Feel a bit under the weather

• This idiom means 'to hear rumors' about something or someone.
• Feeling slightly ill.
• Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.
• When something is done badly to save money.

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Cross that bridge when you come to it

• When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.
• This idiom is used when something is very expensive.
• Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.
• To present a counter argument.

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'This quiz is a piece of cake' is an example of...

• a simile

• an idiom

• alliteration

• personification

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What does "egg on my face" mean?

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

• a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

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

• You feel that you need to spend your money at once.

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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 "burn the candle on both ends" mean?

• Working too many hours without a break

• It is raining very hard.

• You feel very happy

• You're in big trouble

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What does "like finding a needle in the haystack" mean?

• looking for something small in a huge space

• sometimes it is easier to understand a picture than a description

• listening intently

• Everything is going your way

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What does "take the bull by the horns" mean?

• Face the problem and take control of it.

• You are acting restless or impatient.

• something is simple to do

• It is raining very hard.

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