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Grade 5 - English Language
Idioms and Sayings

Idioms or sayings are phrases or sentences that do not exactly mean what the words say. Because of popular usage, they have special meanings understandable only to the people of that culture and region. When you use idioms and sayings, your writing becomes more interesting and often easier to understand.

Directions: Read the situation described in the question, and select the idiom/saying that you can use to explain the situation. Also, write at least five more examples of idioms and sayings.

Q 1: She is the most important person in a small place.
She is a big fish in a small pond.
She is a dead duck.
She took to it like a duck takes to water.

 Q 2: Stop acting superior.
Get off your high horse.
You are a one-trick pony.
You are as stubborn as a mule.

Q 3: He is very clumsy.
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
That will get his goat.
He is like a bull in a china shop.

 Q 4: He is an innocent person who gets blamed.
He is a chicken.
He is a scapegoat.
He is a bull in a china shop.

Q 5: I am in trouble.
I could eat a horse.
I am a silly goose.
My goose is cooked.

 Q 6: Nonsense!
Horsefeathers!
You chicken!
I could eat a horse.

Q 7: Don't destroy the source of your good fortune.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
You can't unscramble the eggs.

 Q 8: He is an enemy pretending to be a friend.
He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
He is a scapegoat.
He is bullheaded.

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