Metaphors cycle 8 Flashcards
(25 cards)
To get an advantage by scoring the first point
To draw first blood
To be cruel without feeling any emotion about it
To do something in cold blood
To be the person responsible for somebody else’s predicament
To have blood on one’s hands
Incident which results in the destruction of something
Death blow
To vacillate, to have a changing opinion
To blow hot and cold
To immodestly publicize one’s own attributes
To blow one’s own trumpet
To show anger, rage
To blow one’s top, to blow up
To establish the factors relevant to a situation before making up one’s mind
To bee which way the wind is blowing
To report a person’s improper behavior to the authorities
To blow the whistle on someone
Caught between two equally unenviable, unavoidable alternatives
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Supremely optimistic
Blue sky
Person shown unjustified favoritism
Blue-eyed boy
very rarely
Once in a blue moon
To be of excellent quality or a prospect that can’t miss
To be a blue-chip stock, prospect
To be totally unexpected
To come out of the blue
To argue for a long time
To go on till one is blue in the face
Very loyal
True blue
The details need to be reconsidered
Back to the drawing board
To act foolishly and in an excessive way
To go overboard
To share a common set of difficulties
To be in the same boat
To disassociate oneself from some project
To get off the boat
To fail to exploit an opportunity
To miss the boat
To disturb the comfortable status quo
To rock the boat
Never
Over my dead body
