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Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
  1. to follow the rules
  2. to not make assumptions about someone
  3. when something is done and over with
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

OPEN BOOK
  1. to not judge someone based on their appearance
  2. to follow the rules
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

TAKE A PAGE OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S BOOK
  1. to do what someone else would do
  2. to not make assumptions about someone
  3. to like someone
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

CLOSED CHAPTER
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. when something is done and over with
  3. to follow the rules
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

READ SOMEONE LIKE A BOOK
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. to copy someone else's idea
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. to follow the rules
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 7 Idiom
What type of figurative language is used in the statement below?

"It's raining cats and dogs"
  1. Simile
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Hyperbole
  4. Alliteration
  5. Idiom
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

GOOD IN SOMEONE'S BOOK
  1. to copy someone else's idea
  2. to like someone
  3. to follow the rules
Grade 4 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5, L.4.5b
"The grass is not always greener on the other side" means...
  1. Be happy with what you have; what may appear to be better, may not be.
  2. everyone should grow grass
  3. you are what you eat
  4. sometimes there is brown grass on the other side of the fence
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5, L.5.5b
Read the sentence below.

When Joe stopped stealing from his mother and started stealing from stores, he jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

What does the idiom OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE mean?
  1. to get out of one bad place and into a worse one
  2. to find something that one enjoys doing daily
  3. to learn how to improve upon one's special skills
  4. to do something today instead of waiting around
Grade 6 Idiom
"It's raining cats and dogs," is an idiom that means it is raining
  1. a lot.
  2. tomorrow.
  3. cats and dogs.
  4. under the bridge.
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5a, L.5.5b
What does the idiom the sky is the limit mean?
  1. Everyone has some limitations.
  2. The possibilities are endless.
  3. It will be a difficult journey.
  4. Not everything comes easily.
Grade 8 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5
Read the sentences below.

Everyone was so happy when the bullies were expelled, but it was just icing on the cake when we found out that they had to repeat their eighth grade year! Serves them right.

What does the idiom ICING ON THE CAKE mean?
  1. A sweet substance used to cover a cake
  2. Something that makes a good situation even better
  3. A horrible piece of news
  4. Something that hurts someone else
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.5b
What does the idiom cross your fingers mean?
  1. needing to be in one order
  2. to be in an extreme rush
  3. having to make a new plan
  4. hoping something goes one way
Grade 9 Idiom
A shoulder to cry on is someone who
  1. listens to your problems.
  2. shares his food with you.
  3. has a bath every week.
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