Métaphores cycle 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
To move to another adress
To weigh anchor
Uneducated people will take ricks that educated people would not
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
The desired successor
the anointed one
Very outmoded
antediluvian
An isolated dishonest person in a good group
a rotten apple
To illogically group unconnected things together
To add apples to oranges
To totally destroy something
To apply the blowtorch to something
An unexpected boost to revive someone’s enthusiasm
A shot in the arm
To be excessively expensive
To cost an arm and a leg
Enthusiastically
With open arms
To convince someone to do something against his will or better judgement
To twist someone’s arm
An opportunity to take advantage of a weakness
A chink in someone’s armor
A very helpful person who is idealized
A knight in shining armor
An additional reason to do something
An other arrow in one’s quiver
To establish the pertinent facts and opinions
To ascertain the lay of the land
To come back when thought to have been destroyed
To rise from the ashes like a Phoenix
To act stupidly in person
To make an ass of oneself
To be subject to conditions
To have strings attached
To get overly excited about something
To get carried away
To be faced with a large crowd or much demand
To be unable to keep people away with a big stick
Under lack of supervision, the discipline will be lax
When the cat is away the mice will play
A formidable, quarrelsome and hostile woman
An old battle-ax
It is now too late
The ax has fallen
To have a score to settle, to resent a decision or to have a vested interest
To have an ax to grind
