idioms 4

lighten up

• -take it easy, calm down

• -change your behavior

• -do something you shouldn’t be doing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

a fish out of water

• -being uncomfortable and restless

• -extreme fear or nervousness

• -to disagree about something

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

wild goose chase

• -wasting time on something that doesn’t exist

• -an event that is most likely going to happen soon

• -treat something as not important

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

turn over a new leaf

• -change your behavior

• -stop wasting a lot of time in useless, boring or trivial tasks

• -make a bad situation worse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

on the horizon

• -an event that is most likely going to happen soon

•  -boring or trivial tasks

• -the final problem in series of problems

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

cold sweat

• -extreme fear or nervousness 

• -to stay confident and positive

• -get mad, angry

• -series of problems

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

get a life

• -stop wasting a lot of time in useless, boring or trivial tasks

• -put on a good show or performance

• -know what is going on, get things done

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

take heart

• -to stay confident and positive

• -stop wasting a lot of time in useless, boring or trivial tasks

• -wasting time on something that doesn’t exist

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

have no business

• -do something you shouldn’t be doing

• -stop wasting a lot of time in useless, boring or trivial tasks

• -treat something as not important

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

at odds

• -to disagree about something

• -feeling tense, unable to relax

• -overreact in an angry way

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B