Food idioms
The test was a piece of cake. What does the sentence really mean?
The test was easy!
Sally was invited to Lucy's surprise party on Saturday. Sally needs to make sure doesn't let the cat out of the bag.
Sally needs to make sure she keeps the surprise party a secret from Lucy.
Josh's dad pulled some strings and was able to get Josh a part-time job at his company.
Josh's dad was in a position to help Josh out in getting him a job at his company.
Lucy passed the test with flying colors.
Lucy passed the test easily.
Holly wants to make sure she gets to school on time so she is often an early bird.
Holly wakes up early and gets to school early.
We got the day off from school and going sledding was the cherry on top.
Something that was good got even better.
Jordan went to a party but didn't know very many people there. After awhile, Scott said, "Hey Jordan, does the cat have your tongue?"
Scott was asking Jordan why he was so quiet / why he was not talking much.
Tristan heard his best friend telling lies about him behind his back and that's when Tristan realized he was being back-stabbed.
Tristan's friend was saying nice things about Tristan to Tristan's face, but then saying mean things about Tristan to other people.
Samantha decided to crack her books the night before the test.
Samantha decided to study the night before the test.
Mr. Johnson was being an armchair critic after his favorite basketball team lost a game.
Mr. Johnson was criticizing decisions from the game, but he has never played or coached basketball himself.
Their project idea was unsuccessful so they had to go back to the drawing board.
They had to start all over.
When Agatha brought her teacher a gift, other kids said she was the teacher's pet.
The kids thought Agatha was trying to be the teacher's favorite.
Gerald was acting like a cheapskate when he didn't get everything on his family's grocery list.
Gerald refused to spend anything more than needed.
After the electricity was out for 5 hours, Jim was frustrated bc he couldn't play his video game. His Mom said, "There are bigger fish to fry than playing your video game."
There are more important things to think about/worry about.
After waiting in the roller coaster line for 20 minutes, Betsy chickened out and got out of the line.
Betsy decided not to go on the roller coaster bc she was scared.
Sheila was annoyed that her sister kept borrowing her sweaters. When Sheila's sister spilled ketchup on her favorite sweater, Sheila said that was the last straw.
Sheila won't let her sister borrow any sweaters anymore.
John had to brainstorm new project ideas.
John had to think of new ideas.
Miss Shirley is always a busybody when she talks to her neighbors.
Miss Shirley is nosy and wants to know details about everyone's lives.
After my dad got upset with us, we spent the rest of the day walking on eggshells.
Paul knew Jessica was about to open a can of worms when she started gossiping about people's bad grades on the social studies test.
Jessica was going to stir up trouble/create drama.
Mike said he couldn't go to the movies because he had too much on his plate.
Mike has too much to do and not enough time.
After reading 10 books in a month, Sarah's nickname became "Bookworm."
Sarah loves to read!!
Phil is a social butterfly because he's involved in 5 different social activities every week.
Phil likes to socialize with people all of the time.