Pets
Food
Farm Animals
Human Body
Miscellaneous
100
It's raining cats and dogs outside!
Raining Heavily
100
That quiz was a piece of cake!
A task that can be accomplished very easily.
100
I'll teach middle school again when pigs fly!
Something that will never happen again.
100
Maddie is finding her feet in math.
Become more comfortable in whatever you are doing.
100
Sophie goes out on a limb for her friends.
To put yourself in a tough situation in order to support someone or something.
200
Maria let the cat out of the bag about Alison's going away party.
Shared a secret that wasn't suppose to be shared
200
Miss McNab bit off more than she can chew this semester.
To take on a task that is way too big.
200
"Hold your horses!" the teacher told the students who were squirming in line at lunch.
To be patient.
200
The class crossed their fingers that they had brought in the most canned goods in fifth grade.
To hope that something happens the way you want it to.
200
The parent told the teacher to keep an eye on his child.
You should carefully watch him.
300
Please just let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to who took your lunch money.
To avoid restarting a conflict/fight
300
The daughter is the apple of her father's eye.
Someone who is cherished above all others.
300
The students will be doing homework until the cows come home.
A long time/ very late
300
That girl has a real chip on her shoulder.
To be angry today about something that occurred in the past OR to be very arrogant, think you're better than everyone else.
300
Kayla told the talking boy to put a sock in it.
To tell a noisy person or a group to be quiet?
400
Cindy is as sick as a dog.
To be very sick with the flu or a cold
400
Appearing in the talent show was the icing on the cake of fifth grade.
When you already have it good and get something on top of what you already have.
400
During the canned food drive the teacher told the students, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch!"
Don't rely on it something until your sure of it.
400
My dad was a southpaw.
Someone who is left-handed.
400
Ryan wears his heart on his sleeve.
Openly and freely express your emotions.
500
You are barking up the wrong tree if you think I will let you cheat off of me!
Mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.
500
She had start her project from scratch.
To do it all over again from the beginning.
500
When the teacher called the parent at work about her child, the parent told the teacher, "That is the last straw!"
When one small problem after another creates an unbearable situation, the last straw is the last problem that one can take.
500
The mother told her son, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."
Don't hurt anyone that helps you.
500
On the last day of school all of the teachers shouted, "Elvis has left the building!"
It's all over or has come to an end.