A Lesson on Idioms I Literally Laughed My Head Off 2014 Eve
Coates
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What Is an Idiom? Idioms are sayings that have hidden meanings.
These expressions don't mean exactly what the words say. For
example, if someone told you to hold your horses, do they want you
to actually hold onto your horses? No! This is an idiom. When
someone says this, they dont want you to literally hold your
horses. What do you think this idiom actually means? If you think
this idiom means to be patient, youre right!
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What Does Literally Mean? When we use idioms, we dont literally
mean what we say. But what does literally mean? The word literally
means that something actually happened. For example, if you said
you laughed your head off, youre head probably didnt actually fall
off. But if your head actually fell off, you would say you
literally laughed your head off. Can you think of any idioms?
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Guess the Idioms Are you ready to guess what these idioms mean?
Read the idiom and guess what you think it means. After youve made
a guess, the picture will help you see if your guess was correct.
Next get ready to see a picture of what the idiom would mean if we
meant it literally.
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I laughed my head off!
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I literally laughed my head off!
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That test was a piece of cake!
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That test was literally a piece of cake!
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He kicked the bucket.
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He literally kicked the bucket.
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She had butterflies in her stomach.
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She literally had butterflies in her stomach.
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She let the cat out of the bag.
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She literally let the cat out of the bag.
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She kept her eye on the baby.
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She literally kept her eye on the baby.
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Its raining cats and dogs!
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Its literally raining cats and dogs!
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The party was a blast!
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The party was literally a blast!
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Your Turn! Step 1: Choose an idiom and write it on the left
side of your paper. Its raining cats and dogs! Step 2: Draw what
the idiom means. Step 3: Add the word literally to your sentence.
Its literally raining cats and dogs! Step 4: Draw what the idiom
literally means.
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Need Some Ideas? Over my dead body! Hes a ball hog. Shes
driving me crazy. He has a sharp tongue. Hes a real hothead. They
had to work around the clock. She lost her marbles. Ill be done in
a snap. Im all ears! Hes bananas. She has a big mouth. He blew her
a kiss. That bugs me. I cant stand it! She cant carry a tune. He
had a change of heart. I cried my eyes out. That cracks me up! Cut
it out! Youre dead meat. I feel like a million dollars. This is my
family tree. He got fired at work. I freeze up when I get nervous.
He has a heart of gold. Hold your tongue. Its a zoo in there. They
jumped for joy! We need to kill time. I look up to you. Shes so
good, shes on fire! Youre really on top of things. Lets look on the
bright side. Its puppy love. She was shoplifting. Lets take a
shortcut. He has a sweet tooth. Two heads are better than one. Im
walking on eggshells. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
Something fishy is going on around here! Zip your lip! Im a
basket-case. That costs an arm and a leg Hes the class clown. Im
filthy rich. Shes happy as a clam. He talked my ear off.
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