Molly and Matt are siblings. Everybody thinks Molly is a real peach! She has many friends and is always busy doing things to help her family. Matt is a night owl so he sleeps all morning. He never helps his family do chores around the house
real peach= really nice and sweet / night owl= stays up late
Jim and Kelly are getting married in two months. Jim loves to compliment Kelly. He always says "you are my sunshine!" Kelly is a singer and Jim always says her singing is music to his ears. Kelly thinks Jim is a great catch!
you are my sunshine= you are kind/make me happy music to my ears= sound good great catch= good husband
Jill's loves winter and when her town got a snow storm. Jill ran around her house yelling. "Our backyard is a blanket of snow!" Jill's dad screamed "it's a refrigerator in here". Jill's mom wanted to sleep and said "silence is golden"
blanket of snow= snow is covering the ground, it's a refrigerator in here = very cold, silence is golden= silence is important
After Ashley's older brother moved away to college, she got her family's old car. It was 20 years old and very rusty! Her mom thought the car was a lemon but her dad thought it was a diamond in the rough. Ashley was just happy she had a car
lemon= something that doesn't work, diamond in the rough= something good/valuable that needs some work (it's rough)
Kim is in 5th grade and her teacher's name is Ms. Smith. Ms. Smith is a drill seargent in math! She is very strict. Kim had a big math test this morning. She studied hard and thought it was a piece of cake!
drill sargeant= strict, piece of cake= easy
The whole class is writing love poems today. Some kids have thought of good lines but some are goofing off. Tim wrote "she is the apple of my eye". Morgan wrote "my knight in shining armor". Bill just wrote "that is cool" and had to redo it
apple of my eye= most important , most loved, knight in shining armor=idealized/chivalrous man who rescues a woman in a difficult situation
Mindy just got a new job at a big company. She has been working like a dog! her boss yells at her almost everyday and last week told her she needed to redo a big project. Mindy said "that is the last straw!" and quit her job.
working like a dog= working hard, the last straw= the final instance of tolerating something
Jackie has been working on a project for the science fair for 3 months. She was so nervous to present in front of the whole school! when she was waiting for the bus her dad said "be as cool as a cucumber"
cool as a cucumber= relaxed
Ted loves to run and has been running since he was 4. This weekend he will be running a marathon and his whole fam is coming to watch! Everyone thinks he's as fit as a fiddle. They will probably think he ran like the wind.
fit as a fiddle= in very good shape, ran like the wind= ran fast
Megan's sister just had a baby and she's going to meet the baby for the first time today! Her sister told her to be a gentle as a lamb to keep the baby safe. When she arrived megan thought the baby was as cute as a button!
gentle as a lamb= very gentle, cute as a button= very cute
Our babysitter is the best! She has dark brown hair and is pretty as a picture! Sometimes, she will let us have a snack if we are good! The only bad thing is that sometimes she watches us like a hawk! We can't get away with anything!
pretty as a picture= very beautiful, watches like a hawk= watches closely
