Idiom Assessment #1 (after pre-teach)

An idiom is __________________________.

• a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• an odd expression that doesn't actually mean what it says

• two or more words with the same beginning sound.

• A word that represents a sound.

Answer explanation

I like to remember the definition by thinking that idioms sometimes sound idiotic.

The idiom, "Don't cry over spilt milk" means:

• Spilling milk is the worst thing that can ever happen to a person

• Don't get upset about something that you can't change.

• Crying is the solution to everything

The idiom, "When pigs fly" means:

• You can't wait to do something

• You look like a crazy flying animal

• It will never happen

What does the idiom, "From the frying pan into the fire" mean?

• Don't put your frying pan into a fire because you'll get burned.

• Cooking over fire is better than the stove

• Get heated up

• Going from a bad situation to an even worse one

The idiom, "In a pickle" means:

• You can laugh it off.

• You are stuck in a bad situation.

• You like sour pickle juice.

• Going from a bad situation to a worse one.

The idiom, "Hang in there" means:

• Doing pull-ups is good for your muscles.

• Don't give up.

• Tying a rope around your waist is good for rock-climbing.

• Put Christmas tree ornaments up to make you happy

Don't "let the cat out of the bag" means:

• don't put your cat in a bag.

• don't think things are going to get better.

• don't tell someone's secret.

• don't let your dog eat the cat.

The idiom, "like two peas in a pod" means you:

• like green vegetables

• are a farmer.

• only like to eat peas.

• are close to another person and have a lot in common

Read the question carefully and see if you can figure out what the idiom means. "I was so glad that my sister helped me with the problem. Two heads really are better than one." What do you think "two heads are better than one" means?

"Kick the bucket" means to die. Use the idiom "to kick the bucket in a sentence.