Mrs Sallibartan's English ressources

Skeleton in the Cupboard – a scandal that is kept secret
Ex: James has a few skeletons in his cupboard and is terrified that he will be found out.

Make the blood run cold – to totally scare you
Ex: The screams in the woods made my blood run cold.

Scared Stiff – so scared that you cannot move
Ex. I am scared stiff of walking on ice.

In cold blood – to act in cold blood is to do something without any emotion and deliberately
Ex: The victim was shot in cold blood.

A witch – hunt – an investigation carried out under the pretext of uncovering illegal activity but is actually used to harass people with different views.
Ex: The Government has been accused of carrying out a witch-hunt on small businesses.

Stab in the back – to stab someone in the back means to betray them
Ex: After all I did for him, he stabbed me in the back when he told all those lies about me.

Wonder if I gave an Oreo to the Big Bad Wolf, how would the story go? Would he still go huff and puff  or would he bring those pigs cool stuff to decorate the deck he helped them build? Would they not get killed?  Wonder if I gave an Oreo to a vampire in a creepy show, would he not act so undead? Would he thirst for milk instead? I've just got this feeling that it might work out all right. ‘Cause cream does wondrous things  inside a chocolate sandwich dream. If I gave 'em to great white sharks,  would they share 'em with baby seals?  Would they call up a giant squid for a friendly meal? Wonder if I gave an Oreo… Wonder if I gave an Oreo…  What if I gave an Oreo to you?

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