Animal Idioms

Hold your horses

• run as fast as you can

• tell a secret

• wait a minute

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Let the cat out of the bag

• make a suggestion

• a person who pretends to be nice

• to tell a secret

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I could eat a horse.

• the person is extremely hungry

• someone who stays up late

• to cause a lot of trouble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It's raining cats and dogs.

• it is raining very hard

• say what you really feel

• someone who is not very smart

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

night owl

• to eat a lot

• the teacher's favorite student

• someone who stays up late

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

when pigs fly

• tell a secret

• she is upset

• to say something is impossible

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Has a cat got your tongue?

• Why aren't you talking?

• to reveal a secret

• something that is not worth saying

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Busy as a bee.

• being somewhere you don't belong

• to like honey

• to be very active and work hard

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

doggy bag

• a bag of leftover food to take home

• someone who is not very smart

• someone who is very clumsy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

cry crocodile tears

• something completely different

• say what you really mean

• pretend to be upset

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B