American Idioms - List 8 (Idiom & Meaning Only)

burn the candle at both ends

• To go to sleep; to take a nap.
• To have the dominant role in a family.
• To spend all of one's savings or a lot of money.
• To overwork or exhaust oneself by doing too much.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

break the bank

• To ignore an unpleasant issue or problem.
• To have the dominant role in a family.
• To spend all of one's savings or a lot of money.
• To live in luxury or great comfort with a lot of money.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

To be exactly right about something.

• Extremely quiet.
• To have the dominant role in a family.
• To be exactly right about something.
• To go to sleep; to take a nap.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

sitting pretty

• To do something rather than just talk about it.
• Living in comfort and financial security with no worries about money.
• To ignore an unpleasant issue or problem.
• To live in luxury or great comfort with a lot of money.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

catch some Z's

• To snore.
• To go to sleep; to take a nap.
• Be very surprised.
• At all times; all day and night.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

saw wood

• Extremely quiet.
• Be quiet.
• Be very surprised.
• To snore.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

put a sock in it

• To snore.
• Be very surprised.
• Be quiet.
• Extremely quiet.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

around the clock

• Extremely quiet.
• To go to sleep; to take a nap.
• At all times; all day and night.
• Working fully and correctly.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

bury one's head in the sand

• Working fully and correctly.
• To ignore an unpleasant issue or problem.
• To go to sleep; to take a nap.
• To have the dominant role in a family.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

eat one's hat

• Be quiet.
• To snore.
• Extremely quiet.
• Be very surprised.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B