Idioms Context Clues

Shake a leg

• Can't walk

• Hurry up

• Go down in defeat

• Give unwillingly

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All thumbs

• Clumsy

• Hurry up

• Underestimate someone

• Strange and suspicious

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Not have a leg to stand on

• From a reliable source

• Feel that something is wrong

• Underestimate someone

• Not having a good defense for one’s opinions or actions

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Leave someone high and dry

• Abandon someone

• Reveal a secret

• Clumsy

• Bother someone

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Sell someone short

• Fool or trick someone

• Underestimate someone

• Abandon someone

• Uninteresting, meaningless

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Spill the beans

• Set aside for future use

• Reveal a secret

• Clumsy

• Spread some beans

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Bite the dust

• Go down in defeat

• Win

• Fall down

• Reveal a secret

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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth means...

• He was born to a rich family

• He was born hungry

• He was born with teeth

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Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
I have a problem.

• I'm getting a hatI

• I'm in a pickle

• Don't put all of your eggs in one basket

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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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