Idioms

Choose an idiom

1. Eat crow -

2. Skating on thin ice

3. Eat my words - 

4. Gets his goat -

5. Out to lunch

6. On the fence - 

7. Up the creek -

8. In the doghouse - 

9. On cloud nine -

10. Twist me around his little finger -

11. Make ends meet - 

12. Turn over a new leaf - 

13. Stick to his guns -

14. Lend a hand -

15. A piece of cake - 

16. A blessing in disguise - 

17. A chip on your shoulder - 

18. Beating around the bush - 

19. Burning the candle at both ends - 

20. Cold turkey - 

21. The straw that broke the camel's back -  

22. Beating a dead horse - 

23. At the end of my rope -

Idiom Activity Directions

1. Divide paper in half –- hamburger fold

2. Name – upper left

3. Write Idiom on middle fold

4. Figurative meaning on bottom of paper

5. Literal meaning picture in top half (Exactly what it sounds like)

6. Figurative meaning picture in bottom half (The true meaning of the phrase, check the idiom dictionaries.)

7. Label the top Literal Meaning

8. Label the bottom Figurative Meaning

9. Use good Young Authors Coloring

Idiom Song

Dictionaries

Idiom Dictionary 1

Idiom Index 

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

Games and quizzes

4 Idiom Games

Fill in the Blank Game