Fun with Idioms

Idioms are a combination of words that is different from the meanings of the exact words.

• True

• False

Mary has to learn to bite the bullet and face her fears of flying.

• She has to take a plane trip even though she is scared.

• She can skip the family vacation because she won't fly.

• She can bite down on a bullet while in the plane.

Bite the bullet means deciding to do something you do not want to do.

• True

• False

Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.

• Get a stick and hit the bush.

• Just say what really happened

• Tell me why you didn't do your yard work today.

Take your time, don't cut corners and follow all the instructions doing your homework.

• Leave the corners on your paper.

• Don't take any shortcuts and produce sloppy work.

• Don't cut in line when going around a corner.

The stay at home orders were a blessing in disguise because we all got to spend extra time with our families.

• A negative and bad event turned out to be a good thing

• Family members should wear a disguise at home

• You will be blessed if you wear a disguise

Tony has a chip on his shoulder ever since Jim took his pencil without asking.

• Tony wants to put a wood chip on Jim's shoulder

• Tony was sloppy with his lunch and a potato chip landed on his shoulder

• Tony is holding onto a memory about Jim that's still making him angry

My grandmother lives in California, so I only visit her once in a blue moon.

• I only see her when the moon is blue.

• I very rarely get to visit my grandmother.

• A blue moon is the occurrence of a fourth full moon in a season.

The cookies I baked taste gross! I'm throwing them out and going back to the drawing board.

• I'll draw a picture of the cookies on the whiteboard.

• I feel very embarrassed serving these cookies.

• After checking the recipe, I'm going to start over.

My friends want to play more video games, but I'm going to call it a night.

• I'm super tired, and am going to bed.

• I'll stay up and play more video games

• My friends are going to bed.