using idioms in sentences

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Does these sentences make sense?

I had to draw the line with my son,he is getting to rude.
When I find Andy was over staying his welcome , I told him to take a hike.
I have to look sharp for my daughter's graduation.
I woke up feeling under the weather, so I won't be coming to work.
You better get your act together, before I leave.
It is not good to use people, remember what goes around comes around.
 
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am really really bad at english i need help could u help me plz
 

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am really really bad at english i need help could u help me plz
We are happy to help you - if you try to help yourself. We have told you to use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and for the first person pronoun 'I'; we have also told you to put a full stop at the end of a sentence.

If you take no notice of what we say, we will soon stop bothering to try to help you.
 

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ok am going an do it now
 

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Please amend your profile to show your true native language if English isn't your native language. Note that the native speakers and/or teachers who post on this forum set an example for learners.
 

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Is that better
 

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Does these sentences make sense?

I had to draw the line with my son; he was getting to rude. - Punctuation and need a space, tense.
When I found Andy was over staying his welcome, I told him to take a hike. - Tense and no space before the comma
I have to look sharp for my daughter's graduation. - Okay
I woke up feeling under the weather, so I won't be coming to work. - Okay
You better get your act together, before I leave. - No comma, or ", or I will leave." Some people say "you had better" instead of "you better."
It is not good to use people; remember what goes around comes around. - Punctuation

Leave a space after a punctuation mark, not before.
Don't join two sentences with a comma.
Your first might be better with "take a hard line" instead of "draw the line."
 

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Ok thank you.
 

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Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
 

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I am going to write some more sentences, using colourful idioms.
 

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I told my children, "for the August holiday's anything goes".
I went out on a limb today, by travelling with you.
I have a go today to write my examination.
 
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