Idiom and Homophone Jeopardy

Food Idioms

100

Butter someone up

Being nice to someone for selfish reasons.

200

That's my bread and butter

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

300

That is the way the cookie crumbles

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

400

Have bigger fish to fry

Have more important things to do

500

Two peas in a pod

Nearly identical, very similar

Homophones (look different/sound the same)

100

To stumble OR to take a vacation

trip

200

dog sound OR part of a tree

Bark

300

something that isn't soft OR is difficult

Hard

400

A place with trees OR to put a car in a particular place

Park

500

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

Bright

Animal Idioms

100

Hold your horses

Be patient and wait.

200

The elephant in the room

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

300

Counting your chickens before they hatch

Don't count on something until after it happens.

400

Wild goose chase

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

500

Straight from the horse's mouth.

Learning or hearing something straight from the source

Body Idioms

100

Costs and arm and a leg.

Something that is very expensive.

200

Bite of more than you can chew

Not able to finish something because it's too much or too hard to do.

300

Break a leg

To wish someone good luck.

400

By the skin of your teeth

Barely making it

500

Head in the clouds

Have unrealistic or impractical ideas

Homographs(look and sound the same)

100

Worth 25 cents OR 15 minutes past the hour

Quarter

200

A direction OR to go somewhere else.

Left

300

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

Letter

400

To go lower OR soft fluff of a bird

Down

500

A gift OR describing what is happening right now.

Present