American Idioms and Expressions

Afraid Of Ones Own Shadow Idiom

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afraid of one's own shadow What does afraid of one's own shadow mean?	to be easily frightened	The small dog is afraid of his own shadow. after Idioms
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on vacation What does "on vacation" mean?	to be away, to take a vacation	I plan to be on vacation for the first two weeks of March.
Behind someone's back What does "Behind someone's back" mean?	If you do something behind someone's back, you do it without telling them.
scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) What does "scare the (living) daylights out of (someone)" mean?	to frighten someone very much	Falling off the bicycle scared the daylights out of the little girl.
LOL What does "LOL" mean?	little old lady.	There's one LOL coming into the ER in five minutes.
tall in the saddle What does "tall in the saddle" mean?	proud; pleased; self-satisfied
knock (someone) off their feet What does "knock (someone) off their feet" mean?	to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know what to do, to overwhelm someone	The singer's voice was so beautiful that it knocked me off my feet.
cut and dried What does "cut and dried" mean?	to be previously decided, to be prearranged	The decision was cut and dried and nobody asked for our opinion.
bundle up What does "bundle up" mean?	to put on warm clothes, to dress warmly	We bundled up and went for a walk in the park.
take (something) at face value What does "take (something) at face value" mean?	to take something that is said on its surface	I took my friend's comments at face value.
over the hump What does "over the hump" mean?	to be over the difficult part of something	We are over the hump with our project and should be able to finish it soon.

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