WorksheetsIdioms
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
cross your fingers
good luck
a strategy for healing a wound
another way to pray
a rude gesture given to someone you do not like
break a leg
to wish a person will have bad luck in their future
to wish a person breaks their leg in the future
to wish a person will break the leg of another person in the future
to wish someone will have good luck in the future
hang in there
to accomplish something significant
to die by hanging
to tell someone to stay strong in a difficult situation
to go to the park and swing on the swings
hit the roof
the roof falls down
to move to another house
to solve a problem
to become very angry
she cried crocodile tears
a person cried because a crocodile bit them
to eat a lot of food and then cry because you ate too much
to pretend to be a crocodile
to cry fake tears
pig out
to dress up like a pig for Halloween
to make noises like a pig
to eat a lot of food
to refuse to eat pork
a piece of cake
a person's birthday party
to get only one part of something
to eat cake
something is really easy to do
I am all ears
a person has really big ears
a person can hear really well
a person has three ears
a person wants to listen to someone carefully
a gray area
something is the color gray
something is very good
something is very clear and easy to understand
something is not easy to understand or is not clear
I've got your number
to understand someone's thinking
ready to call someone a friend
to want a do with someone
to be a close friend with someone
so far so good
what a person is doing is really easy
things are going really well up to that point in an activity
there is still a lot of work left to do in an activity
someone is really good at something
on the ball
to be in a good mood
to be very nervous
to have a lot of fun
to be doing a really good job
get out of hand
to lose something
to throw something
when a situation gets out of control
to move away from a bad place
hold your horses
to stop a horse from going any farther
to hold onto a horse that is running very fast
when a person asks another person to stop what they are doing
to ask someone to continue doing something
time is money
time goes by very fast
it is useless to do something unless money is involved
if you do not use time effectively, it will cost you money
to prefer to do activities that do not cost any money
rip off
something is not worth the price that it costs
to tear a piece of paper in half
to turn off the lights as fast as possible
to eat a lot of food very quickly
call it a day
to make phone calls all day long
to name a newborn child, 'day'
to have a really bad day
to stop working for the day
back to the drawing board
to draw something new
to get something new from the store
to show off something a person is good at
to start something all over again
get your act together
to behave in a proper or polite manner
to start organizing yourself so that you do things in an effective way
to dress up in a nice outfit because you have to meet an important person
to do a good job acting in a play
once in a blue moon
when a person sees something that is very pretty
when a person makes a wish
when a person has the best day ever
when a person experiences something that only happens very rarely
the early bird gets the worm
to eat worms for breakfast
someone who is not smart usually doesn't have enough food to eat
someone who begins their day the earliest, usually gets what they want
eating breakfast early in the morning is very healthy for a person
when pigs fly
something is not very likely to happen
a person pretending to be Superman and a pig at the same time
when pigs are transported from one area to another via airplane
to eat a lot of pork
a drop in the bucket
something is barely wet
something is not very important
a very small amount of something that there is a lot of
to drink salt water from the ocean
get cold feet
to walk in the snow for a long time
when someone's feet get cut off with a sword
when someone becomes too nervous to do something
to run very slowly
by the skin of your teeth
to brush your teeth really well every night
when a person's teeth are so dirty, they grow skin on them
when a person just barely does something, as in pass a test
to chew food very thoroughly
out of the blue
something happens unexpectedly
something is colored only with the color blue
someone is no longer sad, but has become happy
to complete a difficult task
let the cat out of the bag
to give a new kitten as a present
to reveal a secret
to unpack a bag that was not packed very well
to waste a lot of time doing nothing
to have a change of heart
to volunteer your time to a good cause
to put nice clothes on
to have heart transplant surgery
to change the way you feel about something
fall on deaf ears
when a person used to be able to hear, and now they cannot
the difficulty talking with someone who cannot hear
when a person ignores advice given to him/her
when a person becomes deaf after an accident
to jog a person's memory
to help a person remember something they have forgotten
to run around until a person remembers something they have forgotten
when a person cannot remember something that was told to them
when a person stops exercising because they do not like it
cut the mustard
when someone farts really loudly
when someone isn't good enough to participate in an activity, sport or competition
when someone does not want mustard on their food
when a person cuts their hand on a knife
burn bridges
when a bridge is no longer safe to walk across
when someone intentionally destroys a relationship with an someone influential in their life, as in a boss or a good friend
When a person makes the same mistake more than once
when a person is no longer able to speak a language they once knew
give the cold shoulder to
when a person is not wearing a warm enough jacket in cold weather
when a person hurts his/her shoulders playing a sport
to intentionally ignore another person
to not know how to do something
test the waters
to ask the opinions of a group of people before asking them to do something
to put your feet into a body of water to see how cold it is, before going swimming
to sip hot coffee or tea before drinking to make sure it is not too hot
to only prefer to drink clean water
to the letter
to send a letter in the mail, instead of email
when a person writes a lot in order to explain something
when a person does exactly what they are told to do, giving great detail to how they do it
to spell all words correctly
go on a wild goose chase
to search frantically for a toilet when a person has to go to the bathroom
to have gone hunting, but not kill any animals
to search for something that does not exist
to be very naughty to an adult, especially one's parents
give it a shot
to shoot something, as in a bow and arrow or a gun
to give something cheap to someone else, as a present
to make an attempt to do something
to help someone fix something
hold your horses
to stay or wait instead of doing something or going somewhere
to stop a horse from continuing on
to keep something instead of giving it away as present
to not try to do something, as in being a coward
see eye to eye
when a person views an idea or opinion the same way as someone else
to be the same height as someone
to be able to see very well, to have great vision
to understand a difficult topic someone has just explained
the best of both worlds
to enjoy looking at the starts at night
a person who has traveled around the world a lot
a person who enjoys two very different things at the same time
to be the best at something
speak of the devil
to dream about doing something very bad
to swear, or use very bad words
to make a big mistake
to be speaking about a person, and then that person suddenly shows up in person
butterflies in a person's stomach
when a person feels like they have to vomit
when a person is very nervous
when a person dreams about flying
when a person is very weak, because of sickness
under the weather
when there is a lot of rain in the forecast
when someone is very tired
when a person is feeling sick
when rain forces a person to cancel their plans
pull someone's leg
when someone is very strong
to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with that person
to hurt someone by pulling too hard on their legs
to bully someone by calling them very mean names
make a story short
to tell a lie
when a person summarizes something they want to say
to make up a story so as to entertain a group of people
a person who is very good at telling stories
