Figurative Language from the cartoon "A Symphony in Slang"

What does red tape mean?

• the tape is the color red

• complex procedures must be followed

• Do not cross

• It's a tape you use at Christmas time

What does it mean when someone is all thumbs?

• They were exposed to gamma radiation

• A genetic mutation

• A clumsy person

• They can't carry anything

What does the idiom a hole in the wall mean?

• It is a dingy place

• There are termites

• Someone needs plaster and fast

• Someone punched their fist through the wall

What does it mean to carry on?

• It's the slogan for UPS

• Carrying luggage on a plane

• Rolling luggage is not allowed

• to continue and not give up

What does it's raining cats and dogs mean?

• Global warming is really getting bad

• It is raining heavily

• It's one of the plagues of Egypt

• Pets are falling out of an airplane

What it mean when someone lets his/her hair down?

• It means Rapunzel is trying to escape

• Someone needs a haircut

• Someone is relaxing and having fun

• Someone is taking off his/her wig

What does it mean to give someone the slip?

• To make a getaway

• To give someone underwear for a present

• To avoid a tackle in football

• To give someone a check or a receipt

What does it mean to paint the town red?

• To paint every building in the city with red paint

• To die everyone's hair in the city red

• To go out for an enjoyable time

• To paint the entire town of Red

What does it mean to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth?

• One's mom fed them a little too harshly

• Someone is really hungry

• Someone needs iron and minerals in their diet

• One is born into a wealthy family

What does it mean to hotfoot it?

• To leave quickly

• To light someone's foot on fire with a match

• To be an arsonist

• To step into a campfire