1. 5 th Grade 4 th Nine Weeks 2010-2011

3. Meaning: leave a good impression When is it important to put your best foot forward?

5. Meaning: raining heavily What do you like to do when it’s raining cats and dogs outside?

7. Meaning: sleep very soundly What activities make you so tired that you sleep like a log afterward?

9. Meaning: tell a secret Have you ever accidently spilled the beans about something?

11. Meaning: promise to do something at a later date Have you ever had to turn down an invitation and take a rain check instead?

13. Meaning: very pleased Describe the last time you were tickled pink by something.

15. Meaning: unable to think of something to say What situations make you tongue-tied?

17. Meaning: make a positive change in your behavior Have you ever turned over a new leaf?

19. Meaning: search everywhere Have you ever had to turn the house upside down to find something?

21. Meaning: work on a difficult or lengthy task Look up the word “wade”. How is it similar to the meaning of this idiom?