Idioms and phrases

You are the apple of my eye.

What does this mean?

• You are okay.

• You are special to me.

• You are an apple.

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Be a catch.

• Everything. All of it.

• Be someone worth marrying/having.

• Would never like to do something.

• To hear something from the authoritative source.

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An idiom is:

• an extreme exaggeration used to make a point

• an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words

• a word whose sound suggests its meaning

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It's raining cats and dogs really means?

• It's snowing
• It's raining very hard
• I had to use an umbrella
• I love animals

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What is the meaning of the idiom that's a wrap?

• when you are the first to do something

• someone's clumsy

• unable to see well

• completed, finish, done

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What does “she has butterflies in her stomach” really mean?

• She has a nervous or anxious feeling.
• She swallowed a butterfly.
• She feels sick.

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下大雨

• rain cats and dogs

• rain cats and mice

• rain dogs and cats

• rain dog and cows

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升级来源

• cheesy

• take something with a pinch (grain) of salt

• (don't) cry over spilled milk

• bread and butter

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He likes to toot his own horn really means...

• He talks loudly.
• He plays in a band.
• He brags all the time.

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The teacher said she is at the end of her rope. That means she is...

• running out of yarn.

• running to the store.

• she is out of patience and energy.

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