Idioms

Raining cats and dogs -

• Raining Heavily

• Cats and dogs are raining

I am on cloud 9 -

• I am very much happy

• I am angry

• I am sad

If you say that something costs an arm and a leg,

• it is extremely cheap

• it is not worth the money

• it is very expensive

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you feel under the weather,

• you feel frustrated

• you feel ill

• you feel sad

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you cut corners when doing something,

• you accomplish two different things at the same thing with very little effort

• you do it badly or cheaply at the expense of high standards

• you do it straightaway

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you are over the moon,

• you become serious about something

• you are very pleased about something

• you are very angry with someone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you speak/talk of the devil,

• you say something bad about someone

• you talk directly about a hot issue

• the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B