halloween idioms

lingling

spooky idioms for halloween

an embarrassing secret from your past that would cause you harm if anybody knew about it

Almost everyone has a skeleton in the closet.

skeleton in the closet

She dug her own grave when she made fun of the boss.

to do something that will cause you harm or problems in the future

to dig your own grave

I woke up at 5 a.m. to go for a run. It felt like a ghost town, I didn’t see anyone!

a deserted place where there are few or no people

ghost town

Don’t be such a scaredy cat… skydiving is fun!

someone who is easily frightened

scaredy cat

When I saw a giant spider in my shower this morning, I was scared stiff.

to be afraid to the point where someone is incapable of movement

to be scared stiff

My brother is an early bird who likes to study in the morning, but I’m a night owl so I always study at night.

a person who tends to stay up late; an evening person; someone who is more productive at night

night owl

- Mum, can I buy a motorcycle?- Ha, over my dead body.

used to express that you strongly oppose something, or won’t allow it to happen

over my dead body

He got a life sentence, because he killed someone in cold blood and showed no remorse.

to do something bad on purpose and show no emotions while doing it

in cold blood

The way he looked at me sent shivers down my spine.

to make someone feel very frightened or very excited

to send shivers down one’s spine

Last Halloween, we stayed up till the witching hour watching horrors and listening to spooky songs.

midnight

witching hour

My grandmother really shouldn’t be driving anymore. She’s as blind as a bat.

unable to see well

blind as a bat

Seeing what is happening in Poland right now really makes my blood boil.

to cause someone to get very angry

to make someone's blood boil

We can’t make a decision because she keeps playing devil’s advocate.

someone who plays "devil's advocate" is a person who pretends to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support in order to have a deeper discussion

to play devil's advocate

I thought we were friends and you just stabbed me in the back like that?

to betray someone

to stab someone in the back

I know I promised you we would watch a movie tonight but can we take a rain check? I am dead on my feet.

to be extremely tired

to be dead on one's feet