The Meaning of Idioms

What is an idiom?

• expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning
• a figure of speech in which a word is applied to and object
• a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
• a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

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What does this idiom mean? (under the weather)

• feeling AWESOME
• feeling melancholy 
• not feeling well
• feeling :(

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What does this idiom mean? (break a leg)

• chicken is my life (by Jayme)
• I don't like you!
• To literally break a leg 
• good luck!

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What does this idiom mean? (feeling blue)

• feeling happy
• feeling sad
• feeling excited
• feeling sick

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What does this idiom mean? (elbow grease)

• hard, physical work
• being lazy
• sitting on the couch, eating popcorn
• when you don't work hard enough

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What does this idiom mean? (off the hook)

• running from a hook
• taking a hook out of your finger
• not on a hook
• when you don't have to do something

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What does this idiom mean? (rain or shine)

• "I'm coming no matter what!"
• "I won't come if it rains."
• "I won't come if it's sunny outside."
• "I will come only if it's sunny outside."

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What does this idiom mean? (a dime a dozen)

• you're the same as everybody else
• you're one of a kind
• it's a dime for a dozen eggs
• it's 1 billion dollars for a carton of eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What does this idiom mean? (easy as pie)

• really easy to do
• really, really, REALLY hard
• it is easy to eat pie when you're full from turkey, mashed potatoes and corn
• easy to eat 5 pie all in one bite

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What does this idiom mean? (back to the drawing board)

• your idea, has been unsuccessful and a new one must be made.
• you have to draw a pig again because you did horrible
• you have to go back to the drawing board and sit on it
• you have to do nothing

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