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Usual idioms

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1. I am very hungry today. I could eat a horsecatwolfI don't know.

2. Tom is very clever. He is an eggheadheadeggbigheadI don't know.

3. - Mum, when will humans go back in time? - When hens have teethcats can flypigs can flyI don't know !

4. - Are you in trouble? - Yes, I'm in the woolsoupsemolinaI don't know.

5. Jack sold the pearspilled the beansbrought them peasI don't know ! He told the police what we had done!

6. The physician told David to have a rest today. He worked his fingers to the fleshworked his fingers to the boneworked his fingers to the bloodI don't know.

7. It's very cold today, I have goose pimplesbird pimpleschicken fleshI don't know !

8. I've drunk too much and I need to go and spend five penniesspend a pennyspend a penceI don't know now!

9. Look at them! I think they are twins. They certainly are like two beans in a tinlike two chipslike two peas in a podI don't know.

10. First he won a car and then he won the lottery. Winning the lottery was like icing on the cakethe crest of a chickenthe cover of a bookI don't know !

11. Take an umbrella, it's raining mouses and ratspigs and boarscats and dogsI don't know.

12. I understand why they love each other: they have the same taste! As they say: Elephants from the same area travel togetherDogs of the same breed eat togetherBirds of a feather flock togetherI don't know!

13. There's a party tonight. Everybody will be dressed to killas a Presidentto dredgeI don't know.

14. Tom knows we are preparing a party for him. He said a ladybug told hima little bird told hima butterfly told himI don't know.

15. Yesterday, I caught Thomas red-handedpink-handedorange-handedI don't know while he was buying wine even though he is not old enough.

16. John just told Mark that I love him but he wasn't supposed to. He really put his foot in the plateput his foot in a holeput his foot in his mouthI don't know

17. Ryan has always been a reckless driver and he burst one of my tires. I'm fed up with him! That's the leaf that breaks the camel's backThat's the stone that breaks the camel's backThat's the straw that breaks the camel's backI don't know.

18. Yesterday, while I was busy, Luke asked me to help him do his homework. I told him I had other fruits to pluckhad other fish to fryhad other chicken to skinI don't know.