Cubs
Michelle and Danielle were finally getting to paint their rooms. Michelle wanted a bright pink room and Danielle wanted blue. "What do you think of this shade?" asked Michelle. "It's not my cup of tea, but if that is what you like you should get it." said Danielle.
What does 'not my cup of tea' mean?
Where are the girls?
It was opening night of the play. Ed was nervous. He had never been in a play before and had a lot of lines. Just before the play started, the director came to Ed and said "You'll do great Ed. Break a leg."
What does 'break a leg' mean?
Where do you think Ed is?
Lela loved to paint pictures. She was sad because she ran out of her favorite paints last week. She was tickled pink when her dad came home and surprised her with new paints.
What does 'tickled pink' mean?
How do you think Lela's dad feels?
It was finally nice outside. Jack watched the birds building a nest outside the window as Mr. Adams taught history. When Mr. Adams called on Jack, he couldn't remember what Mr. Adams said. "Looks like it's in one ear and out the other Jack," said Mr. Adams.
What does 'in one ear and out the other' mean?
How do you think Jack feels?
Abby didn't think she would like her art class. She couldn't believe it when the teacher said time was up. "Wow" said Abby. "Time flies when you're having fun'.
How does Abby feel about her art class?
Sean and Payton did not get along, so they were not thrilled when the teacher paired them up for a project. "I bet if we put our heads together, we can come up with a great project," said Sean. "Okay," said Payton. "I think we can get along, at least to get the project done."
What does 'put our heads together' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Trevor and Tina's mom had asked them several times to clean their room before they went to the park. When their mom came up stairs, she found them playing. "I can't believe you have been monkeying around this whole time." "So when are we going to the park?" asked Trevor.
What does 'monkeying around' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
After Austin's soccer practice, his family went out to dinner. Austin ordered a hot dog, fries, a hamburger, a salad, and ice cream. After Austin finished his hot dog and fries, he looked at the rest of the food. "I think my eyes were bigger than my stomach," he said.
What does 'my eyes are bigger than my stomach' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Jack woke up with a runny nose and a hacking cough. His head was pounding. His brother took one look at him and said, "Are you feeling a bit under the weather today?". Jack just coughed. "Are you going to school today?" asked Jack's brother.
What does 'feeling a bit under the weather' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
The Smith family got a new puppy. They decided to call him Patch. Patch would run and run and play and play. "Wow" said their neighbor, "He really has a lot of get up and go." Just as he finished speaking Patch brought over a ball.
What does 'a lot of get up and go' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Madison and Savannah were friends. That day Madison was in a bad mood, and she yelled at Savannah. "You keep tapping your pencil in class! It's driving me up the wall!"
What does 'driving me up the wall' mean?
How do you think Savannah feels?
Lupita was so excited! She rushed in the door and started to tell her mom about her day. "Whoa there, hold your horses!" said her mom. "Hang up your coat first then slowly tell me about your day."
What does 'hold your horses' mean?
Where do you think Lupita is?
Danny loved his twin brother Michael, but sometimes he really bothered him. "Michael, sometimes you really get on my nerves, especially when you hum when you eat!"
What does 'get on my nerves' mean?
How do you think Michael feels?
Michelle had studied all week for her history test. It was going to be an essay test and that made her nervous. When her teacher handed back her test she told her that her answers were right on the money. Michelle had a big smile on her face the rest of the day.
What does 'right on the money' mean?
How do you think Michelle feels?
For some reason Kim was always rude to Shawna, but Shawna never knew why. One day Shawna said to Kim, "It seems like we got off on the wrong foot. How about we start fresh?" Kim thought about it and smiled.
What does 'got off on the wrong foot' mean?
How do you think Kim feels?
Everyone was looking forward to watching the school play. Caleb kept getting bumped by all the kids filing in. "There is no elbow room in here.", Caleb said to his friend Sara. "I feel smushed." Just then, Caleb spotted some open space on the bleachers.
What do you think will happen next?
Tammy hated speaking in front of groups, but she had a class presentation to give. She was explaining to her teacher how she really didn't want to speak to the class. Her teacher said she understood that Tammy didn't want to give the speech, but that she would have to bite the bullet and do her best since it was for a grade.
What does 'bite the bullet' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
The morning he was supposed to give a presentation in class, Joe woke up with a frog in his throat. "You sound awful.", said Joe's friend Dan. Joe nodded. "I'm going to go talk with Miss Parsons about the presentation.", Joe's voice strained.
What does 'frog in his throat' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Mom knew something was up. She kept asking me questions, but I just said, "My lips are sealed." Mom knew I wouldn't give up any information. After she left for the store, we started to set up for the party. She was going to be so surprised!
What does 'my lips are sealed' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
The new teacher walked into the room. Right off the bat, she started handing out a quiz! The kids rushed to get their pencils and start. Ben looked in his desk and couldn't find a pencil. He knew he shouldn't talk during a quiz, but he needed a pencil. He tapped his friend's shoulder.
What does 'right off the bat' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Alex wanted a new skateboard. He saw the perfect one at a store, but it cost an arm and a leg. Alex decided to earn the money by doing jobs for his neighbors. When he finally earned enough money, Alex went to the store but saw the skateboard had been sold.
What does 'cost an arm and a leg' mean?
How do you think Alex felt?
The race was heating up! The finish line was in sight. Darren and Madison ran as fast as they could. It looked like they crossed the finish line at the same time. The judge came out and said that the winner was Madison, by a nose! She beat Darren by 2 tenths of a second. Darren walked up and put his hand out.
What does 'by a nose' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Greg broke his leg last week. He was getting tired of sitting on the couch and watching TV. He was telling his friend Chris that having a cast was a real pain in the neck. He couldn't get it wet and had to be extra careful not to bump it. Greg couldn't wait to get the cast off.
What does 'pain in the neck' mean?
Where do you think Greg is?
The contest was over. When Coach Tanner announced that Alicia had won and presented her with a trophy, Jenny became green with envy. She had wanted that trophy since the contest was announced. Alicia was Jenny's friend and started to walk over to her to show her the trophy.
What does 'green with envy' mean?
What do you think will happen next?
Seth's Uncle John was the funniest guy he knew. He always knew the best jokes and even did magic tricks. "He always cracks me up," Seth said to his friends.
How do you think Seth feels about his Uncle John?