Idioms Practice

Deer in headlights

• to be calm

• to be startled

• to go hunting

• to slam on the brakes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

in hot water

• to take a bath

• to boil water

• to stay out of trouble

• to be in trouble

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

bite your head off

• to compliment you

• to yell at you

• to bite into your sandwich

• to tell you to go away

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

go fly a kite

• spend a day at the park

• spend a day at the beach

• tell someone to leave you alone

• tell someone to help out

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

icing on the cake

• to visit a bakery

• to enjoy sweets

• a bad thing ruining a good situation

• a good thing added to make something better

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

walking on thin ice

• go ice skating

• figure skate in a competition

• move quickly

• in a dangerous situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

On top of the world

• extremely happy

• travel to the North Pole

• able to get the job done

• able to do many things at once

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

cat got your tongue

• cat playing with your sneakers

• cat playing with your face

• unable to speak from surprise

• unable to find the cat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

rubbing salt in a wound

• a treatment to help you heal faster

• preserving peace

• adding an insult to injury

• cleaning a cut to prevent infection

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

on cloud nine

• flying in a plane

• to be annoyed

• to be sad

• to be very happy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B