Eye On Idioms: no. 5 of 7

1) Complete the sentence by selecting the correct idiom from the list. The image above provides a literal representation of the correct idiom.

It is not healthy to bed of roses the apple of his eye bury your head in the sand back seat driver knock on wood wet behind the ears hit the hay when dealing with a problem.


2) What is the metaphorical meaning of the idiom?



3) Use the idiom in a sentence.

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