Idioms

He is one tough cookie.

• He eats a lot of cookies
• He likes cookies
• He works hard

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You are the cat's meow.

• You have soft voice
• You are something special
• Your voice is raspy

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Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...

• Carla takes yoga classes.
• She said something embarrassing.
• Carla ate a snack.

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Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
She memorized something.

• You're the apple of my eye.
• Knows it by heart
• She took me under her wing.

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That boy is in the doghouse.

• The boy is sitting in a doghouse.
• The boy is happy.
• The boy is getting a reward.
• The boy is in trouble.

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My friend is a pain in the neck.

• My friend's neck hurts.
• My friend needs help.
• My friend went to the hospital.
• My friend can be hard to get along with sometimes.

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What is an idiom?

• A bird?
• A device used to confuse the reader.
• A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

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What does it mean to say: "It's raining cats and dogs!"?

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
• It's raining very heavily.
• We are having a tornado.
• Animals have learned to fly.

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What is a couch potato?

• A person who likes to eat potatoes on the couch.
• A potato pillow.
• A person who likes to sit and watch tv on the couch.
• A person who likes to play hot potato.

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What does it really mean? "It's a piece of cake."

• Something is easy.
• Something is delicious.
• Something is soft and warm. 

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