Figure of Speech Idioms

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a penny for your thoughts

• 🪙

• 🛒

• 📜

• 💭

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I'll give you a penny for your thoughts.

• you want to know what another person is thinking

• you want to donate your coins to another person

• you want to buy another person's thoughts

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actions speak louder than words

• 🔤

• 🗣️

• 📴

• 💃🏼

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We must always remember that actions speak louder than words.

• what you do is more important than what you say

• we must not be too noisy when other people are talking

• if you want people to hear you, you must do some actions to get their attention

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an arm and a leg

• 💪🏼

• 🦵🏼

• 👞

• 🧤

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I will give you an arm and a leg for that toy.

• a lot of money

• become someone's servant

• punch and kick someone

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add insult to injury

• 🤕

• ➕

• 👍🏼

• 😋

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You have already done enough. So, please don't add insult to injury.

• make something worse by doing something else to upset you

• hurt someone when he or she is already badly injured

• curse at someone when he or she is in an accident

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beat around the bush

• 🌳

• 🤜🏼

• 🦦

• 🧺

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Please come straight to the point. Don't beat around the bush.

• avoid talking about something important

• play around in the garden

• bother the gardener when he is working

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