😱 Halloween language: some spooky words and phrases 😱
‘😖Halloween’ is the night of the 31st of October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in scary masks and costumes.
👉To ‘trick or treat’ is a Halloween custom where children go house to house and request treats, like lollies. If a treat is not given a small joke or prank is played.
‘Are you going to go trick or treating this Halloween?’
😬A ‘night owl’ is someone who stays awake until very late at night.
‘She only sleeps a few hours each night. She is a real night owl.’
😬A ‘ghost town’ is a town that has been abandoned and no longer has people living in it.
‘Since the mining company left it has become a ghost town.’
👉To ‘scare the pants off’ someone means to frighten them very badly.
‘I hid behind the door and then when he came in I shouted. It really scared the pants off him.’
‘😬Skeleton staff’ refers to the fewest number of people needed in an office.
‘Over the holidays almost everyone is taking leave, so we will have a skeleton staff.’
If something makes your ‘blood boil’ it to make you extremely angry.
‘I can’t believe she is late, she does this all the time and it really makes my blood boil.’
Can you add a Halloween themed phrase or word, as well as an example sentence to the list?
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