Idioms

What does "butterflies in my stomach" mean?

• I ate too much

• I swallowed some bugs

• to be nervous about something

• to be very hungry

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What does "We are sailing in the same boat " mean?

• We are going fishing

• to be in the same unpleasant situation as other people

• We will go boating

• none of the above

What is the meaning of "You are the apple of my eye mean" mean?

• You have an apple in my eye

• You are an apple

• You are important in my eyes

• All of the above

What does the word "chatterbox" mean?

• You are in a box

• Someone who speaks too much

• A parrot in a box

• None of the above

It cost an arm and a leg means:

• it was expensive
• I paid with my arm
• I paid with my leg
• it took my arm and leg

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Piece of cake means:

• eating cake
• very easy
• part of a whole
• something that is mine

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Out of the blue means:

• being sick
• without warning
• coloring blue
• wearing blue

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Call it a day means:

• calling Day
• changing someones name
• using the phone
• time to quit

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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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Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
I'm tired. Let's go to bed.

• Let's hit the hay.
• He tried not to "make waves".
• Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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