Idioms Week 8

Black Sheep of the Family

• A person who makes animal noises.

• The least successful of the family. The family member that brings shame to the family.

• The family member with the darkest hair.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

blood is thicker than water

• familial bonds will always be stronger than other relationships

• A person will do more for a family member than others

• Blood weighs more than water

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

jump down your throat

• Food that gets stuck in the thoat

• Spicy food

• To talk or scream at someone in a sudden, angry way

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Throw the baby out with the bathwater

• Babies are dirty and get the water dirty when taking a bath

• To empty the bathtub after bathing.

• To lose something useful when getting rid of something bad

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Keep the wolf from the door

• To stop the animal from coming in

• To keep from suffering, poverty, or starvation

• To keep a wolf from hunting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Jump on the bandwagon

• join others in doing something because others are doing it

• To join musicians in a vehicle

• To jump up onto something

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

• boycott

• When boys are used for labor

• To refuse to buy, use, or participate as a way of protesting

• When someone is caught committing a crime.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

• bizarre

• • very strange or unusual

• a blizzard

• A way of doing business

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

• capable

• To wear a cape to keep clean

• The capital of something

• having the ability to do something

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

• cause

• to be careful

• the consequence or result of something

• • to make something happen

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C