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**Here is a lesson I did on Idioms. For my technological resource, I used the Internet to encourage students to find the answers on their own. They also used the Internet to research background information on popular idioms. This worksheet was uploaded into the student public drive, so they could access the handout, type their answers, print it off and turn it in: no need to make copies!** back



Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood literally. Expressions such as “chip off the old block,” or “raining cats and dogs” do not make sense unless you are part of a culture where the meaning of these phrases is common sense. Use **http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ ** to look up the phrases below. Write the idiom’s meaning in the space provided. Then, use **http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genepool/meanings.htm ** to find out where the idiom came from, or how it originated. Write this in the space provided. ** Paraphrase! In other words, use your own words. Don’t copy from the website. **  **1. ****between a rock and a hard place ** Meaning: Origin: **2.** **knock (on) wood** Meaning: Origin: **3.** **close but no cigar** Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**4.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**have an axe to grind** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**5. jump the gun** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**6.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**a stiff upper lip** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**7.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**let the cat out of the bag** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**8.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**The proof of the pudding (is in the eating) – or “the proof is in the pudding”** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**9.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**Shake a leg!** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;"> Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**11.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**son of a gun** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Meaning: Origin: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; msobidifontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Arial Narrow'; msolist: Ignore;">**12.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**under the weather** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Meaning: Origin:
 * Idioms:**
 * 10.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**Shut**  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">your  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**face!** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">