School idioms

Johnny put on his thinking cap and solved the problem.

• He put on his favourite cap to meet his friends.

• He concentrated very hard to solve the problem.

• He put on his magic cap.

Jenny thought the teachers' questions were as easy as ABC.

• She thought she had to say the alphabet.

• The teacher always talked about the ABCs

• The teacher asked questions that were easy for Jenny.

Copycats will be punished.

• People who copy other people's work will be punished.

• Cats who go into the school will be captured.

• The teacher hates cats.

Helen always has her nose in a book.

• Helen has a cold.

• Helen reads a lot of books.

• Helen closed the book on her nose.

The students have the learn the list off by heart.

• The students help the people they love.

• The students have to memorise the list.

• The students learned the parts of the heart.

The exam was easy peasy lemon squeezy.

• The students had to make lemon juice.

• The exam was about fruit.

• The exam was very easy.

The bookworms are always in the library.

• The library has a lot of worms and insects.

• The library needs to be cleaned.

• People who read a lot go to the library.

The teacher gave Michael an A for effort.

• Michael tried his best.

• Michael was the best student in the class.

• Michael always got As.

The teacher was disappointed when the student dropped out.

• The student fell in the playground.

• The student stopped going to school.

• The student went to school everyday.

Jim passed the test with flying colours.

• Jim did very well in the test.

• The test was about colours and Jim liked it.

• The students looked at the sky.