When the project was assigned, other homework assignments got put on the back burner.
"Pulled off at the back burner" is not a common idiom or phrase. It could potentially mean that something was taken off the back burner, which typically refers to a situation or issue that was previously set aside or postponed being brought forward for attention or action.
My cousin's current favorite idiom is 'as nice as spice'.
To include an idiom in an example sentence, simply incorporate the idiom naturally into the sentence to convey a figurative meaning. For example, "She had a chip on her shoulder" is an idiom meaning she was easily offended or held a grudge.
That bully is about to deliver his famous knuckle sandwich.
A False friend is just like a snake in the grass.
"Animal" is not an idiom. An animal is a living thing with more than one cell which cannot make its own energy.
If you take a fancy to eating chocolates you will get fat.He took a fancy to her way of speaking.
This is not an idiom. Idioms make little or no sense unless you know the definition. This sentence makes perfect sense, so it is not an idiom. The dead fish smelled so bad that even as high as Heaven, you could smell them.
An idiom misuse is to use and idiom in a wrong way that doesn't make sense.
An idiom is a phrase that appears to make sense, but actually has another meaning. If the sentence makes sense, but seems to mean something besides what it looks like, then it is an idiom. "Frank kicked the bucket" makes perfect sense, and when you realize that it means "Frank died," you have two different meanings.
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Since it was too cold to play outside she decided to make the most of the rest of the day by playing inside with her dolls.