Idioms

If you hit the sack,

• you win the lottery

• you give up a sport because you feel you are not good enough

• you go to bed because you are very tired

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,

• I am going to study

• I am going to take a short break from studying

• I am going to throw my books away

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you say that something is a piece of cake,

• it is very good but very few people know it

• it is very easy to do

• it is very sweet

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

If you let the cat out of the bag,

• you accidentally reveal a secret

• you create a problem

• you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

If something is a hot potato,

• it is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it

• it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it

• it is unfair competition where one side has an advantage

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

I was about to go on stage and had BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

• sick

• bugs crawled inside of me

• mad

• nervous

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.4

You're talking a HUNDRED MILES A MINUTE!

• jumbled

• slow

• fast

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4

I only get to visit my grandparents ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.

• once a while

• every year

• whenever I want

• all the time

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

It is RAINING CATS AND DOGS!

• It's been raining all day.

• It's raining a lot.

• It's not raining.

• There are scattered thunderstorms.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.

• he always keeps it clean

• his room is never clean

• he likes to clean

• he asks his sister to clean

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4