4TH GRADING

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

(Grade 3)
1. In hot water: Be in trouble

2. When pigs fly: It’s never going to happen

3. Drop the ball: Making a mistake

4. Oh! Shoot: Oh no!

5. It totally slipped my mind: I totally forgot about it

6. He lost it: He lost his temper

7. By and large: Generally

8. Throw in the towel: Give up, quit

9. I blew it: I wasted my chance

10. Back to the grind: Back to the usual

11. On the flip side: On the other hand

12. Step up the plate: Take a responsibility

13. Give somebody a hard time: Bothering someone

14. Know something inside out: Know every detail, know by heart

15. Give it to me straight: Please tell me straightforward

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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

(Grade 4)
1. Drag your feet: to move slowly and reluctantly

2. It’s a long story: What you are asking me is a complicated matter

3. Don’t sweat it: Don’t worry about it, don’t make a big deal out of it

4. It’s written all over your face: You are lying, your facial expression
gives you away
5. Jump to conclusions: Making conclusions/generalizations too quickly

6. Pain in the a../neck: Tough to do, something that is difficult. Doing this
homework is a pain in the neck

7. Sick and tired of something: Feeling bad about Something that has
been happening all the time

8. Down the road: In the future

9. Drama Queen: Girl/woman who wants to be the center of attention and

causes troubles all the time

10. Self-explanatory: Easy to understand without an explanation

11. So to speak: In other words

12. Cool as a cucumber: To be very calm under stress

13. Get a kick out of it: Really enjoy/like something

14. Miss the boat: You missed your chance

15. See eye to eye: Agree

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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

(Grade 5)
1. At long last: Eventually, after a long delay.

2. As a man: unanimously or without exception

3. At the drop of a hat: without needing persuasion

4. Catch sight of somebody: to suddenly see or notice somebody or

something
5. Drop one like a hot potato: get rid of someone hastily

6. Hard up: short of money

7. Hot stuff: stolen articles, a good joke or a physically attractive person

8. Have the floor: to address a meeting or to have the right to a dress a

meeting
9. Make an example of somebody: to punish somebody as a warning to
others

10. Pass the buck to someone: lay the responsibility or blame to someone

11. Put somebody in his or her place: to humble somebody who is

behaving in an arrogant or insolent way
12. Rub salt in the wound: to add to somebody’s distress, embarrassment,
or sense of shame

13. Scot-free: unpunished, unharmed

14. Take it or leave it: used to indicate that somebody can either accept or
refuse something, but cannot alter the conditions to be able either to accept or
decline to do something
15. You name it: suggest that an enormous number of things are involved or
an enormous number of options are possible
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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

(Grade 6)
1. Without rhyme or reason: without any rational explanation or apparent
sense
2. Take the rap: To take the blame or punishment for something, whether or
not it was your fault

3. Stir a hornet's nest: To cause a lot of trouble

4. A little birdie told me: Someone told me a secret

5. It's in the bag: It's a certainty

6. Jury is out: The final decision still hasn’t been made

7. Read between the lines: Understand what others intend to say without
words
8. Play it by ear: Decide about something when it happens instead of making
a decision in advance

9. Go Dutch: Splitting the bill, paying 50/50

10. Dozen a dime/dime a dozen: So easy to find, not so valuable

11. Horse of a different color: Something that is quite different, a separate

issue
12. A straw in the wind: a relatively minor incident or thing that gives some
indication of what is likely to happen in the future
13. A whole new ball game: a completely new or different set of
circumstances
14. Jump the gun: to start a race before the starting gun goes off to act
prematurely

15. Talk in circles: talk without sequences of ideas