Food Idioms
Homophones (look different/sound the same)
Animal Idioms
Definitions
Homographs
(look and sound the same)
100

Butter someone up

Being nice to someone for selfish reasons.

100

To stumble OR to take a vacation

trip

100

Hold your horses

Be patient and wait.

100

A silly phrase that does not literally mean what it says

Idiom

100

Worth 25 cents OR 15 minutes past the hour

Quarter

200

That's my bread and butter

Someone's main thing they like or do that is necessary.

200

dog sound OR part of a tree

Bark

200

The elephant in the room

An issue, person, or problem someone is trying to avoid.

200

Thinking about other people's perspective and feelings

perspective-taking

200

A direction OR to go somewhere else.

Left

300

That is the way the cookie crumbles

That is just how it is and you can't change it.

300

something that isn't soft OR is difficult

Hard

300

Counting your chickens before they hatch

Don't count on something until after it happens.

300

two words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings

homophones

300

Part of the alphabet OR something you get and send in the mail.

Letter

400
Have bigger fish to fry
Have more important things to do
400
A place with trees OR to put a car in a particular place


Park

400

Wild goose chase

Doing something that's pointless or won't ever work.

400

two words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have different meanings

homographs

400

To go lower OR soft fluff of a bird

Down

500
Two peas in a pod
Nearly identical, very similar
500

An adjective to describe someone smart OR an adjective to describe something that gives off a lot of light

Bright

500

Straight from the horse's mouth.

Learning or hearing something straight from the source
500

When two people are communicating and there is a misunderstanding or confusion

communication breakdown

500

A gift OR describing what is happening right now.

Present

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