Idiom Story

Eric is on the hot seat everyday in math. His friends say he is a stick in the mud! Eric is always stirring up a hornet’s nest at school and, he is always hitting the roof, too. His friends say he needs to hold his horses, because he is hot under the collar. He is always gliding the lily. He is as dead as a door nail in math. He is a little slow on the draw, but he is always coming up smelling like a rose. On a Friday report cards went home and his mom said “If you bring home another F you’re not allowed to go or do anything that he wanted”! He was in shock for the rest of the day because he had found that he made an F!