Idioms and Context Clues

What does the italicized phrase mean?

After getting lost in the city for a week, an acquaintance is surely a sight for sore eyes.

• something or someone exciting to look at

• something or someone unpleasant to look at

• something or someone looking for a companion

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn't been for Suzie dragging him away to eat dinner.

• bobby was just about to stop playing ball.

• bobby didn't even want to play ball to begin with. 

• bobby prefers nature to athletics. 

• bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good,but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.

•  Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a god presentation.

•  Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting.

•  Cassie and the speaker's presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson's expectations.

•  Cassie and the speaker's presentation will meet Mrs. Robinson's expectations.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

After Ms. Smith caught Darnisha chewing gum for the third time, Ms. Smith scheduled a parent teacher conference with Darnisha's mother.When Darnisha's mother came into Ms. Smith's classroom, she was chewing gum.  Ms. Smith thought to herself, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

•  Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha dresses like her mother.

•  Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother.

•  Ms. Smith is surprised to see that Darnisha's mother came.

•  Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha's mother lives very close to the school.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he's trying to sweep it under the rug and pretend it never happened.

•  Brad thinks that his phone will be safer if he hides it under the rug.

• Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake.

•  Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it.

•  Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Keisha got up and started yelling at Ronnie. She was threatening him, but Ronnie didn't even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.

•  Ronnie thinks that Keisha will get in trouble for yelling.

•  Ronnie thinks that Keisha has bad breath.  

•  Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous.

•  Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

He answered the test for the shortest time as it was a piece of cake for him. The underlined means...

• exciting

• delicious

• very easy

• impossible

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She was so desperate for the slot that she was willing to give her right arm for it. The underlined means...

• do nothing

• help

• do everything

• do something dangerous

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

There is no sense to cry over spilt milk as you can't change the results of the situation. The underlined means...

• waste food

• something that can't be changed

• something that can be avoided

• something that can be influenced

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Her friends did not come to her aid as she burned bridges with them in the past. The underlined means...

• lost her way

• destroyed bridges

• forgot important events

• ended relationships

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B