1. Guess the Halloween Idiom

2. 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.

3. Round 1

5. 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.

6. Round 2

8. 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.

9. Round 3

11. 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.

12. Round 4

14. 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.

15. Round 5

17. 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.

18. Round 6

20. 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.

21. Round 7

23. 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

24. Round 8

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

27. Round 9

29. 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.

30. Round 10
Final round

32. 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.

33. Happy Halloween
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Created by David Mulcahy 2014