Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Of Mice and Men, Idioms


Write a short story using any six of the following idioms correctly. 
  • The characters in your story should not be from Of Mice and Men.
  • The characters should be ones who would logically use these expressions.



Chapter 1 & 2 idioms (with page numbers)
jungle-up (2)
bustin' a gut (8)
in hot water (11)
blow their stake(13)
blowin' in our jack(14)
live off the fatta the lan' (14)
sore  as  hell (18)
pants rabbits (18)
bum steer(21)
what stake you got in this guy (22)
flapper (23)
old man (25)
picking scraps (26)
canned (27)
got the eye (28)
pants is full of ants (28)
two bits (33)
slang her pups (35)

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