Phantom Tollbooth-- idioms (ch. 1-10)

If a plan has NO "rhyme or reason" to it, what does it mean about that plan?

• It has NO order or logic
• It has a lot of order or logic
• the words in the plan rhyme with each other
• there was a reason for writing the plan

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does "Bite off more than you can chew" mean?

• talk with your mouth full
• take on a task or a job that is too big for you 
• eat chewy food
• bite a person

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does it mean if two people are arguing and they are "splitting hairs"?

• arguing over petty things, or points that are too small (or non-important) to worry about
• pulling each other's hair
• cutting their hair
• they are arguing about hair

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does it mean if someone is looking for an object and they "leave no stone unturned"?

• they looked under stones or rocks
• they looked everywhere except under stones (rocks)
• they looked everywhere possible
• they did not look everywhere possible, only some places

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If someone tells you that the idea you have for a project is a "half-baked idea", what does that mean?

• the idea is not completely thought out very well
• the idea is thought out very, very well
• they were baking while they were thinking
• they did not think about baking very much

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If a person is "hanging on by a thread" what does it mean?

• it means they are ready to break down or likely to fail at the task they are trying to do
• that they like to sew clothes or sew other items
• it means that they are just hanging out somewhere
• it means that they don't like to sew

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is an unabridged book (like an unabridged dictionary)?  

• one that had bridges in it
• one that does not have bridges in it
• one that tells the full amount, or full information without being shortened
• one that tells a shortened version of the information or story

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does it mean if someone "makes mountains out of molehills"?

• makes a big deal out of something that is not actually a big deal
• makes a big deal obvious to everyone so that they know it's really important
• has moles on their body
• likes mountains

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does it mean to "eat your words"? 

• to admit you were wrong about something
• say the words of the things that you are hungry for
• use words about foods

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

If you heard something, but it went "in one ear and out the other" it means that....____

• you heard it, but you didn't really listen to what it meant
• you have a hearing problem with your ears
• your ears are messed up

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1