Autumn Idioms

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Which season is it?

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Autumn (BrE)                Fall (AmE)

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 5 Autumn Idioms

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to turn over a new leaf

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to turn over a new leaf
= to start behaving better; to improve one's attitude

e.g. Apparently he's turned over a new leaf and he's not smoking any more.

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to drive someone nuts

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to drive someone nuts
= to make someone very annoyed or bothered

e.g. What is that noise? It's driving me nuts!

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to squirrel away

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to squirrel away
= to save or put things away for another time (like a squirrel collects nuts for the winter)

e.g. She squirreled away money from her paycheck  each month to buy a new car. 

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be/feel under the weather

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be/feel under the weather
= to not feel well/ to be sick

e.g. I'm under the weather so I won't be able to come to school today.

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The apple never falls far from the tree.

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The apple never falls far from the tree. 
= When someone looks or behaves like their parents or relatives.

e.g. I heard Sarah is going to the same law school where her parents met. The apple never falls far from the tree

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