Idioms and Phra...

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn ’t been for Suzie dragging him away to eat dinner.

Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay. 

Eric wanted to fix his cousin ’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt ’s Wi-Fi network and he didn ’t want to open a whole new can of worms. 

Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn ’t want to burn bridges. 

World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena at the drop of a hat.   

Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip.  

Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.          

Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.           

Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.