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