Idioms of the Day
By IKM 6th Graders
Frog in my throat
• I can’t talk because I have a frog in my throat.
• You can’t talk very well.
Butterflies in my stomach
• It’s almost time to perform and I have butterflies in my stomach.
• You are nervous
Pulling my leg
• He said got an A but he was only pulling my leg.
• Teasing or kidding
Hit the books
• It was getting late so I knew I’d better hit the books.
• Study hard
Catch some z’s
• I was exhausted so I caught some z’s.
• Went to sleep
The bottom line
• The bottom line is my car isn’t for sale.
• The most essential information
That’s the way the ball bounces.
• We lost the gold cup but that’s the way the ball bounces.
• That’s the way it goes
bawled her eyes out
• She bawled her eyes out when her boyfriend left her.
• She cried very hard.
raining cats and dogs
• It’s raining cats and dogs out there!
• It’s raining very hard.
grass is always greener
• The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
• What you don’t have always looks better than what you have.
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He lost his marbles.
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He was burned up.
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Go fly a kite.
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He almost bit my head off!
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She blew her stack.
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He’s on top of the world.
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She is as quiet as a church mouse.
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He’s as neat as a pin.
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The baby is prettier than a picture.
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He’s as neat as a pin.
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He is as ugly as a mud fence.
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He’s like a bull in a china shop.
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Money was as scarce as hen’s teeth.
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That will take him down a peg.
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Dad will get wind of it.
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Money always burns a hole in my pocket.
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Will you lend me a hand?
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She was so nervous she blew the test.
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I was so scared, I was shaking in my boots.
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The girl was walking on air after the dance.
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I’m between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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He’s not worth a hill of beans.
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I think he bit off more than he can chew.
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He has a trick up his sleeve.
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His father is well heeled.
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I’m in a pretty pickle!
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Do you have a skeleton in your closet?
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The handwriting was on the wall.
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She can really put on the dog.
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He’s a stool pigeon for the police.
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I’m coming, so keep your shirt on.
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He’s tied to his mother’s apron strings.
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I’ll stay until the bitter end.
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He’s talking through his hat.
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That’s right down my alley.