What are Idioms?
Phrases that mean something different from their literal mea
A word or phrase that describes a noun
Phrases that have to do with colors of the rainbow
An action phrase
What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?
Go to the doctor
Injure yourself
Good luck
Bad luck to you
What does the idiom "piece of cake" mean?
Something is difficult
A large chunk of something
A small chunk of something
Something is easy
What does the idiom "hit the books" mean?
Karate chop the books
Suplex the books
Punch the books
Study hard
What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?
Sitting under the clouds
Running in the rain
Feeling great
Feeling sick
What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?
Distrustful of people
Knock over the chili
Share a secret
Burn the food
What does the idiom "cost an arm and a leg" mean?
You broke a limb
It's super cheap
It's very expensive
You should become an organ donor
What's one reason we use idioms
To make it easier to translate between languages
To compare two things using "like" or "as"
Make language more dull
Make language more colorful and interesting
"Butterflies in my stomach"
Feeling tired
Feeling silly
Feeling nervous
Feeling reckless
On cloud nine
Very upset
Sitting on a cloud
Sitting in the sun
Very happy
"Don't cry over spilled milk"
Don't cry when you spill things
Don't get upset about something that can’t be changed
"Back to square one"
Going back to the first square on the board game
Start over
"Bite off more than you can chew"
Take on too much
Take too big of a bite of food
Chewing with your mouth open
"Between a rock and a hard place"
Stuck between two difficult choices
Getting your vehicle stuck
Buying too many rocks
Being too upset to make good decisions
"Like two peas in a pod"
Two people who are very similar
Two people who don't get along
Two similar vegetable
A mom and her kids
"Break the ice"
Chip away at ice cubes
Shut down the party
Sliding around on the ice
Start the conversation
