Guess the Halloween Idiom
What to do: Look at the pictures and try and guess what the Halloween idiom is. For each correct word, your team will get one point. The team with the most points wins.
Round 1
The answer is ... Make someone's blood boil. to make someone very angry Ex: It just makes my blood boil to think of the amount of food that gets wasted around here.
Round 2
Ex: This town is a ghost town, there is never anything happening. The answer is ... Ghost town A ghost town is a town that has been abandoned or is in decline and has very little activity. Ex: This town is a ghost town, there is never anything happening.
Round 3
to stab someone in the back means to betray them The answer is ... 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.
Round 4
Skeleton in the Cupboard The answer is ... Skeleton in the Cupboard a scandal/something that is kept secret Ex: James has a few skeletons in his cupboard and is terrified that he will be found out.
Round 5
the fewest number of people needed in an office/business The answer is ... Skeleton staff the fewest number of people needed in an office/business Ex: We always operate with a skeleton staff over the Christmas period.
Round 6
so scared that you cannot move The answer is ... Scared to death so scared that you cannot move Ex. I am scared stiff of walking on ice.
Round 7
Scare the pants off someone The answer is ... Scare the pants off someone to frighten someone a lot Ex: The film “Nightmare on Elm Street” scared the pants off me
Round 8
The answer is ... Make the blood run cold to totally scare you Ex: The screams in the woods made my blood run cold.
Round 9
Ex: The victim was shot in cold blood. The answer is ... 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.
Round 10 Final round
The answer is ... 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.
Happy Halloween from Created by David Mulcahy 2014