Choose two idioms from the list below. Write two sentences using each idiom you have chosen. You will write a total of four sentences. in a jam lost in a book uptight got cold feet stay cool beat around the bush white elephant

In a jam:

I will be in a jam if Peter doesn't pay me back by tomorrow.

Had she not thought to carry an umbrella that morning, she would have been in a jam.

Got cold feet:

Mary was supposed to play Juliette in the play but she got cold feet at the last second, so her understudy had to play the part instead.

I wanted to go skydiving, but I got cold feet when we went to sign up.

Explanation:

To be in a jam means to be in a spot of trouble, or a tricky situation.

To get cold feet is to feel too frightened to do something you had planned to do.

The heater is off so we will have to stay cold for awhile.

Explanation:

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