We will be in the library for the second hour.
The other three hours will be spent on speeches.
While in the library...RESEARCH origins of sayings and expressions:
1. Turn a Blind Eye
2. White Elephant
3. Crocodile Tears
4. Diehard
5. Resting on Laurels
6. Read the Riot Act
7. Paint the Town Red
8. Running Amok
9. By and Large
10. The Third Degree
11. A Shot in the Arm
12. Back-seat Driver
13. Blast from the Past
14. Break a Leg
15. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
16. Get your goat
17. Jump the Shark
18. Know your onions
19. Talk through one's hat
20. The whole shebang
21. Up a gum tree
22. Butter Someone Up
23. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
24. Jaywalker
25. Let your hair down
26. Pleased as Punch
27. Saved by the Bell
28. Show your true colors
29. Sleep tight
30. Indian Giver
Where to go:
History
Phrases UK
Common Sayings
NPR
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