Na m e : ___ Date: _
Directions: Put an “X” next to the best meaning for the underlined idiom phrase.
Whoa! Don’t get confused...idioms don’t exactly
mean what they say!
- Lucy’s room is decorated so bright and cheery.
She really has an eye for color.
Lucy has colored eyes.
Lucy knows how to mix and match colors.
_____ Lucy wears glasses. - Max can lift the entire lunch table over his head.
He is built like an ox.
Max has horns and a tail.
Max is good at building things.
_____ Max is big and strong. - Mr. Tuddle thinks we can do ten pages of homework
in one night. He has bats in the belfry!
Mr. Tuddle is crazy.
Mr. Tuddle has a pet bat.
_____ Mr. Tuddle lives on a bell tower. - The class president walked me home from school
today. Brittany is green with envy!
Brittany is feeling ill.
Brittany is jealous.
_____ Brittany doesn’t like the color green. - Roller coasters make me ill! Last time I rode one,
I tossed my cookies.
I dropped all the change from my pocket.
I couldn’t find my cookies.
_____ I got sick.