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Idioms

Idioms. By: Kale Krienke 9K. What is an Idiom?. An idiom is something that means different then what it is told as. So the idiom in “she was walking on thin air on her way back home” is that she wasn’t actually walking on thin air. The sentence means that she was excited on her way home.

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Idioms

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  1. Idioms By: Kale Krienke 9K

  2. What is an Idiom? An idiom is something that means different then what it is told as. So the idiom in “she was walking on thin air on her way back home” is that she wasn’t actually walking on thin air. The sentence means that she was excited on her way home.

  3. Examples of Idioms • Example 1: “it was raining cats and dogs” the idiom is it wasn’t actually raining cats and dogs. • Example 2: “don’t let the cat out of the bag” the idiom is there wasn’t really a cat in the bag.

  4. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nJ7APp8iM

  5. Quiz! Can you figure out which one of these idioms is really not an idiom? 1.“She was walking on thin air on her way back home” 2.”Everbody had a whale of a time at the party” 3.”The textbooks weighed a million pounds” 4. “He put his heart into his newly built wooden deck”

  6. Answers If you picked number 3, then got it right! The phrase “the textbooks weighed a million pounds” is actually a hyperbole.

  7. Thanks For Watching!

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