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Hi my friend: these idioms are from the book of 101 American idioms. after reading them, plz make a short sentence with each of them (their meanings are put in parenthesis).

1. Going under the knife

When critics and celebrity observers criticized Heidi Montag for undergoing ten plastic surgery procedures in one operation, she answered back that going under the knife is only a medical operation that doesn't involve any life-threatening risk (have surgery).

2. Knock Someone's Socks Off
Hi, John. What's new ?
Oh, nothing too much with me, but you ought to see Fredo's new car. It'll knock your socks off!
So, he finally got that Italian sports car he's been dreaming about.
He sure did. When you see all the custom features that it has, you'll get so enthused and excited you won't know what to do.
Boy, I can hardly wait to go for a ride in it (amaze or impress someone).

3. Lose One's Shirt
I happened to bump into Dole at lunch yesterday afternoon.
What's new with Dole these days ?
He wasn't doing so well. For one thing, he told me he lost his shirt at the races.
Dole has always liked to bet on the horses. I'm not surprised that he lost a great deal of money.
Yeah. At this rate he'll never have a penny to his name. (lose all that one owns)

4. Lemon
Have you seen Joe's new car yet ?
Yeah. It looks good, but she's had nothing but problems with it.
That's too bad. It sounds like she got a real lemon.
She sure did. No sooner did she drive it home from the dealer's than it proved defective and started breaking down. (an unsatisfactory person or thing)

5. Out of the Woods
Although Eric was well on his way to recovering from his bout with pneumonia, he was still not out of the woods. The doctors told him that he would have to take it easy and avoid exposure to cold, since he was not out of danger and difficulty yet an unsatisfactory person or thing. (out of danger or difficulty).

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