It’s raining It’s raining cats and cats and dogsdogs

Do you Do you

believe that?believe that?

it has been it has been written in written in books!books!

People People

say it, say it,

Are they lying?Are they lying?

Do they mean it Do they mean it literally?literally?

No, they are making a No, they are making a point, exaggeratingpoint, exaggerating

the point by use of the point by use of idiomsidioms

Idiom - phrases that Idiom - phrases that mean more than their mean more than their words put together. If words put together. If you take them word for you take them word for word, they might not word, they might not make much sense!make much sense!

Do you like my Do you like my backpack it backpack it cost an cost an arm arm and a legand a leg..

An arm An arm and legand leg

A large A large amount of amount of moneymoney

=

There’s a There’s a big test big test tomorrow, tomorrow, I need to I need to hit the hit the booksbooks. .

Hit the books = To study hardHit the books = To study hard

Ms. Ms. Merendino is Merendino is absent today absent today because she because she is is under the under the weatherweather..

Under the weather = Feeling sickUnder the weather = Feeling sick

Tammy’s Tammy’s mom has a mom has a bun in the bun in the

ovenoven..

Bun in Bun in the oventhe oven

Pregnant Pregnant with childwith child

I am on I am on Cloud Cloud 99!!

Cloud 9Cloud 9 Extremely Extremely HappyHappy

We are going to We are going to tie tie the knotthe knot on on

Saturday.Saturday.

Tie the Tie the knotknot

Get Get marriedmarried

So can you So can you believe believe

everything you everything you read or hear?read or hear?