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IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

Choose the meaning of the underlined idioms

1. Wow! It's raining cats and dogs today! I wish I'd brought my umbrella to school!
a. I forgot my umbrella today.
b. It's raining heavily.
c. Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.

2. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
a. My mom bought a baby cow.
b. My mom is really strange.
c. My mom was really upset.

3. Jean: How did you know it was my birthday today?
Susan: Oh, a little birdie told me!
a. Jean told Susan it was her birthday.
b. An unnamed person told Susan about Jean's birthday.
c. Susan told Jean it was her birthday.

4. Frank: Why didn't your brother ride the roller coaster with us?
Sam: Oh, he's such a scaredy cat! He won't get on any fast ride.
a. Sam's brother is afraid to ride the roller coaster.
b. Sam's brother is a cat.
c. Sam's brother didn't go to the roller coaster.

5. When the telephone salesman told me I could buy some concert tickets for only $10.00 if I gave him my credit card number, it seemed a little fishy to me, so I hung up the phone.
a. I thought the telephone salesman smelled like a fish and I didn't like that.
b. I thought the phone salesman was a dangerous fish and he scared me.
c. I thought the phone salesman was dishonest and I felt suspicious of him.

6. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job to a new employee. It's a dog-eat-dog world.
a. Only the strong or the best survive.
b. Dogs are eating dogs at the office.
c. Dogs like to eat dogs for lunch.



Idioms with Numbers


1. If you are dressed up to the ___ , you are wearing fancy clothes.

2. If you are at ___ , you are confused and don't know what to do.

3. A ___ letter word is one that is considered rude or vulgar.

4. If someone talks very fast, they talk ___ to the dozen.

5. If you understand immediately what someone is trying to say, they might say to you "Got it in ___ ."

6. If you begin to draw conclusions about something, you put two and ___ together.

7. Someone who looks out for number ___ is someone who only thinks about his or her interests.

8. The basics of education are sometimes called "the ___ R's."

9. If a man hasn't shaved for a day or two, you say he has a ___ o'clock shadow.

10. Things that are very cheap and common are ___ a penny.



ANSWERS
IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS:
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.A



IDIOMS WITH NUMBERS:

1.nines 2.sixes and seven 3.four 4.nineteen 5.one 6.two 7.one 8.three 9.five 10.ten


Match the idioms with the meaning keywords below:


You've bitten off more than you can chew!

I've been burning the midnight oil lately.

He's feeling down in the dumps.

My brother's a couch potato.

It cost me an arm and a leg.

Can we let sleeping dogs lie?

That's a bit far-fetched.

Please stay in touch.

Shall we call it a day?

Don't count your chickens before they've all hatched.



Meaning Keywords:


a) Unbelievable.

b) Expensive.

c) Finish.

d) Working late.

e) Will be difficult.

f) Lazy.

g) Unhappy.

h) Write to me or call.

i) Forget the past.

j) Wait and see.





Match the idioms with the meaning keywords below:


Your account is in the red.

Fingers crossed!

It was a piece of cake!

Don?t make a mountain out of a molehill.

Shut up!

The design was cutting edge.

Break a leg!

Take it easy, can?t you?

It?s been raining cats and dogs outside.

She?s really tight-fisted.




Meaning Keywords:

a) Stop talking.

b) Easy.

c) Don?t get angry.

d) Get some perspective.

e) Good luck for everyone.

f) Mean.

g) Modern.

h) Good luck for actors.

i) Heavy weather.

j) Overdrawn.

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