1. American Idioms – Part two
Expressions that do not mean what they literally say.

2. Do you know the meaning of each word in the idioms?
Birthday Suit
Blowing one’s own horn
Bone to pick
Black Sheep
Have Cold Feet
Give the Cold Shoulder
Burn Bridge
Keep one’s fingers crossed
Once in a Blue Moon
Jump on the bandwagon
Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
Bury the Hatchet
Pull Strings
Red Tape
Fly off the handle
When pigs fly

3. Give the student clues about the idiom you see.
Do not use the any words from the idiom when you are giving a clue.

4. Idioms
Black Sheep:
“Uncle Tim was arrested last year, now he is the black sheep of the family.”

5. Idioms
When pigs fly
“I will go on a date with you when pigs fly.”

6. Idioms
Bone to pick:
“I’ve got a bone to pick with Bob, I heard he was making fun of me last night.”

7. Idioms
Burn Bridges:
“Even though we had a fight, there is no need to burn bridges.”

8. Idioms Fly off the Handle:
“When Jack’s father found out about Jack’s bad grades, he really flew off the handle.”

9. Idioms
Birthday Suit:
“You’ll be very cold in the winter if you walk around in only your birthday suit.”

10. Idioms Blowing one’s own horn:
“Tom always talks about his achievements, he is always blowing his own horn .”

11. Idioms Have Cold Feet: “The backup goalie was
called into the game, but
he got cold feet and
refused to go in.”

12. Idioms Keep One’s Fingers Crossed:
“Kelly is waiting to find out if she got into college; in the mean time she is keeping her fingers crossed.”

13. Idioms Give the Cold Shoulder:
“At the party, Carl tried to talk to Suzanne, but she gave him the cold shoulder.”

14. Idioms Once in a Blue Moon
“Once in a Blue Moon our basketball team will lose a game, but most of the time they win.”

15. Idioms Jump on the bandwagon:
“Everyone has a cell phone. I want to jump on the bandwagon, but my parents won’t let me buy a cell phone.”

16. Idioms Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
“You’d better avoid the boss today, she got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”

17. Idioms
Red Tape
“Paula had hoped to buy a house quickly with no problems but got caught up in a lot of red tape.”

18. Idioms Bury the Hatchet:
“We have been fighting for many years, let’s bury the hatchet.”

19. Idioms
Pull Strings
“Pat was officially interviewed for the job, but he also had his uncle pull some strings for him to get the job.”

20. Make a sentence for each idiom
Birthday Suit
Blowing one’s own horn
Bone to pick
Black Sheep
Have Cold Feet
Give the Cold Shoulder
Burn Bridge
Keep one’s fingers crossed
Once in a Blue Moon
Jump on the bandwagon
Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
Bury the Hatchet
Pull Strings
Red Tape
Fly off the handle
When pigs fly