What Does This Idiom Really Mean?

We love reading Amelia Bedelia Books and laugh at how crazy she thinks certain phrases mean.  Of course, these crazy phrases are idioms.  Here is the form we use in our Readers' Response Notebooks, when we are learning about idioms.  Grab one for yourself. 
 
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