ctive which describes anything that causes a feeling of strong fear or disgust, such as snakes or ghosts. Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! An alternative way of saying my goodness, or wow! The Lion joins Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tinman on their trip to Oz. Put’em up, put’em up! Which one of you first? This is the Lion’s way of telling the Scarecrow and the Tinman to raise their hands and fight. Note that in rapid speech, "Put them up"----> "put’em up." I’ll fight you with one paw behind my back. A "paw" is the word for a cat or other animal’s hand. Oh, pulling an ax on me, eh? Sneaking up on me, eh? "To pull something on" someone is to threaten to harm them, in this case with an ax. "To sneak up on" someone is to secretly approach them from behind, so that the person cannot see what is happening. Come on! Get up and fight, you shimmering junkyard. "Come on" is the greatest and most versatile phrasal verb in English, often taking on the meaning of the words that follow. Here, it is simply used as a challenge to fight. "Shimmering" means shining or reflecting light, and a "junkyard" is a place with lots of junk, like used car parts. Put your hands up, you lopsided bag of hay! "Lopsided" refers to anything that is too heavy on one side, or not balanced. "Hay" refers to dried grass or straw, such as the type with which the Scarecrow is made. Now, that’s getting personal, Lion! If words start "getting personal," this means they are insulting to the person themselves, as opposed to what the person believes. Yes, get up and teach him a lesson! In this context, to "teach a person a lesson" is to punish them for their abuse of power or other mistakes. Shame on you! What a parent might say to their child who has badly misbehaved. It’s bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking on poor little dogs… "To pick on" someone is to physically or emotionally threaten them, in order to scare them or make them feel vulnerable. My goodness, what a fuss you’re making! "To make a fuss" about something is to get emotionally upset or angry about it, even if it is not that important or significant. Why don’t you try counting sheep? :: That doesn’t do any good, I’m afraid of them. A clever line; Doctors will often tell their patients to count sheep jumping over a fence, as a way of getting them to fall asleep. Wouldn’t you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion? "Degraded" is an excellent and powerful adjective which means humiliated or highly embarrassed. A person (or lion) who is "cowardly" is one who is a always afraid, or has no courage. Gee, that’s awfully nice of you. My life has been simply unbearable. "Gee" at the beginning of a sentence is used to express emotion
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