Idioms

Daisy looked at her math problem and knew it was a piece of cake! What does piece of cake mean?

• The math problem was about cake.

• The math problem was going to be easy.

• It's Daisy's birthday.

• Daisy doesn't like cake.

Manuel couldn't keep the party a secret. "I knew he would let the cat out of the bag!"

• Manuel keeps his cat in a party bag.

• Manuel doesn't like his cat.

• Manuel doesn't like parties.

• Manuel told someone about the party.

Grandpa told me he caught a 100 pound fish. Grandma says he's just pulling my leg.

• Grandpa was just kidding with me.

• Grandpa likes to fish.

• Grandpa wants to take me fishing.

• Grandpa pulled on my leg.

I would like to buy a hover board, but mom says it would cost an arm and a leg!

• You have to trade your arm and a leg to get a hover board.

• You can't have a hover board.

• A hover board would cost a lot of money.

• You can only have a hover board if someone else buys it.

Ben bit off more than he could chew trying to clean the whole house in 10 minutes.

• Ben took a big bite of his dinner.

• Ben was very hungry.

• Ben likes to clean.

• Ben was trying to do too much in a short amount of time.

I had a great time at the Mega Party but it went by so fast! Time flies when you're having fun!

• Time went by very quickly.

• The party wasn't fun.

• A clock was flying around at the Mega Party.

• The mega party lasted a long time

My brother was driving me crazy humming on the way to school. I finally told him to cut it out!

• I wanted my brother to cut something out.

• My brother is very good at humming.

• I wanted my brother to stop humming.

• My brother cut the word it out of a piece of paper.

My friend said she had the flu. I told her I was sorry she was feeling under the weather.

• My friend was hiding under a cloud.

• It was about to rain.

• My friend doesn't like storms.

• I was sorry my friend wasn't feeling well.

I had 10 bags to carry after my grocery trip. I asked my kids to lend me a hand.

• I wanted my kids to help me carry groceries.

• I needed to borrow a hand from my kids.

• I don't like grocery shopping.

• I have too many bags in my car.

I had to read my story for the whole class. I felt like there were butterflies in my stomach!

• Butterflies were flying around in my stomach.

• Reading in class makes me think of butterflies.

• I like reading to everyone.

• Reading in front of the class made me very nervous.