Understanding Common Idioms and Their Meanings

"I'm taking a cat nap."

What does this idiom mean?

• Taking your cat to the vet

• taking a short rest

• watching your cat sleep

• taking a nap with 22 cats.

"She is a tough cookie"

What does this idiom mean?

• someone that cries easily

• she is round like a cookie

• Someone that doesn't get hurt easily

• means she likes stale cookies

When pigs fly...

What does this idiom mean?

• a cool type of pig that can fly

• means there is not a chance that something will happen

• means get inside because it will be dangerous when pigs fly

• means someone that likes to nap

Water off a ducks back...

• means someone is not easily bothered by an insult

• means a water slide that looks like a duck

• someone that doesn't cry easily

• someone that likes to sleep

Winning that game was a piece of cake!

What does this idiom mean?

• means the loser has to bake a cake

• means the winner got a piece of cake

• means it was easy

She was a couch potato on Sunday.

What does this idiom mean?

• Means someone that eats chips on the couch

• means someone that has a lazy day on the couch watching tv all day

• means she was growing potatoes under the couch

Break a leg!!

What does this idiom mean?

• means you are wishing someone good luck

• means you hope they fall and get hurt

• means you don't like someone

She came in the room like a bull in a china cabinet.

• means she was wild and loud when she came in the room

• means she rode into the room like a bull rider

• means she came into the room dancing the cha-cha