18May,2024
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It sounds tragic as it literally means actually breaking a bone in your leg. "Break a leg" is used as a way to wish someone good luck,
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It would mean physically grasping or restraining actual horses. However, it is used to advise someone to be patient or to wait before taking action.
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Taken literally, it would involve physically kicking a bucket, perhaps as an act of frustration. However, the idiom is a euphemism for dying or passing away.
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It would mean accidentally or intentionally causing beans to fall out of a container but the idiom is used figuratively to mean revealing secret or confidential information.
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It would imply that domestic animals, specifically cats and dogs, are falling from the sky during a rainstorm. However, the idiom is used to describe heavy rainfall.
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"Cost an arm and a leg" would suggest that something is so expensive it requires the sacrifice of body parts, specifically an arm and a leg. But it means that something is expensive or costly.
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It would mean that someone's head is physically surrounded by clouds, as if they were floating among them. However, the idiom means that someone is not paying attention to reality.
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