Idioms Quiz

Which idiom means "stop talking"?

• Shut up your mouth

• Take a rain check

• Put a sock in it

• Burn bridges

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

Which idiom means "perfect"?

• Calm before the storm

• Bolt from the blue

• Fit as a fiddle (small violin)

• As right as rain

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Don't cry over spilled milk.

• You spilled milk on the floor.
• You spilled something on the floor.
• Don't cry because it is not a big deal.  
• Cry, Cry, Cry

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Don't be a back seat driver.

• Don't tell me how to drive.
• You are driving a car from the backseat.
• You are sitting in the backseat.
• You are talking in the backseat of the car.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Go fly a kite!

• Go away!

• Come here!

• Go to the park and fly a Barbie kite!

• Go have fun!

Kick the bucket

• Kick the bucket of water

• Become sad

• To die

• To live

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

My lips are sealed

• I have no more patience

• I have promised to keep ot a secret

• I was fired from my job

• I am good at talking

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6