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Idioms & Expressions

ELL & ELA enrichment · Medium · 10-15 min

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This board helps players review Vocabulary · Idioms through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Animal Idioms, Body Idioms, Color Idioms, Time Idioms, Tricky Idioms. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Animal Idioms

    'Let the cat out of the bag' means…

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    Reveal a secret

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  • Body Idioms

    'Cost an arm and a leg' means…

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    Very expensive

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  • Color Idioms

    'Once in a blue moon' means…

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    Very rarely

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  • Time Idioms

    'In the nick of time' means…

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    Just in time

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  • Tricky Idioms

    'Bury the hatchet' means…

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    Make peace

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Animal Idioms

$100 — 'Let the cat out of the bag' means…
Reveal a secret
$200 — 'Hold your horses' means…
Wait / slow down
$300 — 'A wolf in sheep's clothing' is…
Someone hiding bad intentions
$400 — 'Raining cats and dogs' means…
Raining heavily
$500 — 'The elephant in the room' is…
An obvious issue no one talks about

Body Idioms

$100 — 'Cost an arm and a leg' means…
Very expensive
$200 — 'Break a leg' means…
Good luck
$300 — 'Pull someone's leg' means…
To joke / tease them
$400 — 'A piece of cake' means…
Very easy
$500 — 'Bite the bullet' means…
Endure something difficult

Color Idioms

$100 — 'Once in a blue moon' means…
Very rarely
$200 — 'Caught red-handed' means…
Caught while doing something wrong
$300 — 'Feeling blue' means…
Sad
$400 — 'Green with envy' means…
Very jealous
$500 — 'A white lie' is…
A small, harmless lie

Time Idioms

$100 — 'In the nick of time' means…
Just in time
$200 — 'Better late than never' means…
Lateness is better than not at all
$300 — 'Time flies' means…
Time passes quickly
$400 — 'Call it a day' means…
Stop working for the day
$500 — 'Beat the clock' means…
Finish before time runs out

Tricky Idioms

$100 — 'Bury the hatchet' means…
Make peace
$200 — 'Throw in the towel' means…
Give up
$300 — 'Spill the beans' means…
Reveal a secret
$400 — 'Hit the nail on the head' means…
Be exactly right
$500 — 'Through thick and thin' means…
In good times and bad

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