Idioms 101
"A piece of cake"
a. Very easy or simple
b. Very sweet
c. Very fluffy
a. Very easy or simple
"Let the cat out of the bag!"
a. To open a cage
b. To let the cat out of your backpack
c. To tell a secret
Tell a secret; Spoil a surprise
"Cracks me up"
a. Breaks me into pieces
b. Cracks the plates
c. Makes me laugh
c. Makes me laugh
"Under the weather"
a. To have rain falling on you
b. To have the sun shining on you
c. To be sick or ill
c. To be sick or ill
"It slipped my mind."
a. I slipped on a banana.
b. I forgot.
c. I remembered.
b. I forgot.
"Costs an arm and a leg"
a. Cut of your arm and leg
b. Very expensive
c. Very cheap
b. Very expensive
"Sleep on it"
a. To take more time to think and figure things out
b. To take a quick nap
c. To take a sleeping pill before bed
a. To take more time to think and figure things out
"See eye to eye"
a. To agree with someone
b. To stare deeply into someone's eyes
c. To blink a lot
a. To agree with someone
"Once in a blue moon"
a. Something that happens often
b. Something that rarely happens
c. Something that never happens
b. Something that rarely happens
"Hold your horses!"
a. Don't let the horses run wild.
b. Slow down and be patient.
c. Hold the horses back.
b. Slow down and be patient.
"In hot water"
a. To be in a hot tub
b. To be in trouble
c. To take a hot shower
b. To be in trouble
"Couch potato"
a. Mr. Potato Head
b. A potato sack resting on the sofa
c. A lazy person who watches TV all day.
c. A lazy person who watches TV all day.
"Call it a day!"
a. Name the days of the week
b. It's time to stop working
c. Don't quit yet
b. It's time to stop working
"I'm all ears."
a. I have ears all over my body
b. I'm paying attention
c. I can't hear anything.
b. I'm paying attention
"Kill two birds with one stone."
a. Throw a stone at two birds.
b. Use one action to complete two tasks.
c. Use a sling shot.
b. Use one action to complete two tasks.
"Get cold feet"
a. To get scared or nervous
b. To put your feet in ice water
c. To get very angry
a. To get scared or nervous.
"I could eat a horse!"
a. To be extremely hungry
b. To be a hunter
c. To be very tired
a. To be extremely hungry
"Break a leg!"
a. To break a bone in your leg
b. To wish someone bad luck before a performance
c. To wish someone good luck before a performance
c. To wish someone good luck before a performance
"Night owl"
a. A bird that wakes up a night
b. A person who goes to bed very early
c. A person who stays up very late
c. A person who stays up very late
"Pig out!"
a. To let the pig out of the pin.
b. To give a pig a bath.
c. To eat a lot of food.
c. To eat a lot of food.
"In the same boat"
a. To be on the same cruise ship
b. To be in the same room
c. To be in the same situation
c. To be in the same situation.
"Pulling my leg"
a. Someone is yanking your leg.
b. Someone is trying to fool you.
c. Someone is pulling your shoe strings tightly.
b. Someone is trying to fool you.
"Read between the lines."
a. Find the hidden meaning
b. Look for small words between the lines
c. Read the back of the book
a. Find the hidden meaning
"Have two left feet"
a. To be clumsy
b. To not be able to dance well
c. All of the above
c. All of the above
"It's raining cats and dogs!"
a. It's raining lightly.
b. Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
c. It's raining really heavily.
c. It's raining really heavily.