Proverbs & Adages - 5th grade

"When pigs fly" means...

• Every Monday

• When it rains

• Probably never

"Open a can of worms" means...

• An unpleasant smell

• A situation that causes a lot of problems

• To do something slowly

"A piece of cake" means...

• Really easy

• Something complicated

• Something precious

"let the cat out of the bag" means...

• to reveal a secret by mistake

• to go crazy

• to spend all your money

"to cry crocodile tears" means...

• fake tears or emotion

• when you are honestly sad

• when you study hard

"let sleeping dogs lie" means...

• Every Monday

• When it rains

• Leave disagreements in the past

"cry over split milk" means...

• to be very tired

• to regret something that can't be changed

• being polite

"birds of a feather flock together" means...

• regretting the past

• people that are similar are friends

• to clean a huge mess

"to be on cloud nine" means...

• when you are incredibly happy

• when you are feeling ill

• feeling confused

"like a fish out of water" means...

• really hungry

• feeling tired

• feeling uncomfortable