Everyday Life Situations Idioms

Maria woke up with a fever and a sore throat, so she decided to stay home from school.

• Under the weather!

• Once in a blue moon!

• Take it with a pinch of salt!

• Break a leg

Your teacher has given you two options for your final project. Now, it’s your decision to choose one.

• The ball is in your court
• Under the weather

• Take it with a pinch of salt:

• Straight from the horse’s mouth

Before her big dance performance, Emily’s friends encouraged her by saying, “Good luck!”

• Break a leg
• 
  The ball is in your court

• Take it with a pinch of salt:

• Straight from the horse’s mouth

Jack hardly ever eats sweets, but today he decided to buy an ice cream. (Which idiom means something that happens rarely?)

The whole class helped to clean the schoolyard before the event.

• Pitch in
• Straight from the horse’s mouth

• Break a leg

• As right as rain

Daniel always exaggerates his stories, so when he said he met a celebrity, I didn’t fully believe him.

• Take it with a pinch of salt
• Straight from the horse’s mouth

• The ball is in your court

• Under the weather

There were rumors about a new school policy, but we didn’t believe it until we heard it from the principal.

• Straight from the horse's mouth
• Take it with a pinch of salt:

• Once in a blue moon

• Under the weather

The soccer team was determined to practice every day, no matter what the weather was like.

• Come rain or come shine
• Take it with a pinch of salt:

• The ball is in your court

• Break a leg

After a long discussion, the two teammates finally agreed on the game strategy.

• See eye to eye!

• Come rain or come shine!

• Straight from the horse’s mouth!

• Take it with a pinch of salt!

When electric scooters became popular, almost everyone in the city started using them.

• Jump on the bandwagon!

• See eye to eye!

• The ball is in your court!

• Jump on a bandwagon!