Definition: a word or expression that has meaning in a certain language or region; often it is an expression whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its individual words

Idiom

• A piece of cake• A taste of your own medicine• Under the weather• Dodge a bullet• All in the same boat

EXAMPLES

• A piece of cake – easy • A taste of your own medicine – to

be treated in the same negative way that you treated someone

• Under the weather – sick • Dodge a bullet– avoiding

something bad• All in the same boat – all in the

same situation

MEANINGS

In this video blog for kids, Mr. Palindrome acts out his

absolute favorite idioms. Can you guess what each phrase

or saying means?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgWlE1NsEjU

IDIOM VIDEO

A penny for your thoughts 

This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.

Add insult to injury 

When people add insult to injury, they make a bad situation even worse.

A hot potato 

This idiom is used to speak of an issue (especially in current affairs) which many people are talking about.

Once in a blue moon 

This is used when something happens very rarely. 

Caught between two stools 

When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

See eye to eye This idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.

Hear it on the grapevine 

This means ‘to hear a rumor' about something or someone.

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OTHER IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS

Miss the boat 

This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.

Kill two birds with one stone 

This means ‘to do two things at the same time'.

On the ball 

When someone understands the situation well

Cut corners 

When something is done badly to save money. For example, when someone buys products that are cheap but not of good quality.

To hear something straight from the horse's mouth

To hear something from the authoritative source.

Costs an arm and a leg 

When something is very expensive. 

The last straw 

The final problem in a series of problems. 

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IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS

Take what someone says with a pinch of salt 

This means not to take what someone says too seriously. There is a big possibility that what he/she says is only partly true.

Sit on the fence 

This is used when someone does not want to choose or make a decision.

The best of both worlds 

All the advantages.

Put wool over other people's eyes 

This means to deceive someone into thinking well of them.

Speak of the devil! This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.

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IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS