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Idioms

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Idioms

Be all ears

Language; Idioms

If you are all ears, you are very eager to hear what someone has to say.

You’ve got rocks in your head

Language; Idioms

Someone who has acted with a lack of intelligence has rocks in their head.

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Language; Idioms

This means that if you don't discipline children, they will become spoilt.

Talk a glass eye to sleep

Language; Idioms

Someone who could talk a glass eye to sleep is very boring and repetitive.

Throw the book at someone

Language; Idioms

If you throw the book at someone, you punish them as severely as possible.

As cold as ice

Language; Idioms

This idiom can be used to describe a person who does not show any emotion.

Salt of the earth

Language; Idioms

People who are salt of the earth are decent, dependable and unpretentious.

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