Idioms

Plastic toys like this are a dime a dozen.

"A dime a dozen" means?

• Common and not special

• Extremely special

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Work can get tough in the middle of a term but hang in there and it'll be OK.

"Hang in there" means?

• telling someone to don't go anywhere and stay wherever you

• telling someone to not give up, despite difficulties

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

There were tickets available last week, but he missed the boat by waiting till today to try to buy some.

"Miss the boat" means?

• to lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act

• to join others and waiting to get something

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The last straw was when the company fired most of the managers.

"The last straw" means?

• The final decision someone makes to solve problem

• the latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You'd better hit the books as the exam is coming soon.

• study

• practice speaking

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A: I think he'll pay you back your money.

B: When _________ fly.

• birds

• cats

• dogs

• pigs

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You can talk till the _________ come home. You will never make me change my mind.

• sheep

• cows

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

After I made an A on the test, I felt like I was ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

• excited

• upset

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

He's a chip off of the old block really means...

• He earns money chopping wood.

• He is like his parents

• He used to live here.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B