Eye On Idioms: no. 3 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.

After two weeks, the new teacher was still the apple of his eye back seat driver bed of roses knock on wood bury your head in the sand hit the hay wet behind the ears and had trouble getting her students to pay attention after lunch.


2) What is the metaphorical meaning of the idiom?



3) Use the idiom in a sentence.

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