Idioms

Grade 4 Reading Worksheet

Read the sentence. Circle what the idiom means.

1. 1.

   Let's call it a day and go home.

   • lose a chance
   • a little sick
   • stop working
   • very rarely
2. 2.

   We go camping once in a blue moon.

   • stop working
   • very happy
   • very rarely
   • in trouble
3. 3.

   He bit off more than he could chew.

   • a useless search
   • is very expensive
   • took on too much
   • alert and ready
4. 4.

   Hold your horses, we are not ready yet.

   • lose a chance
   • tell a secret
   • wait a moment
   • stay cheerful
5. 5.

   That math test was a piece of cake.

   • very easy
   • good luck
   • go to bed
   • in trouble
6. 6.

   It is raining cats and dogs outside.

   • raining very hard
   • is very expensive
   • listening closely
   • time to start over
7. 7.

   Our trip plans are still up in the air.

   • without warning
   • sounds familiar
   • not decided yet
   • decide as we go
8. 8.

   Maya and I do not see eye to eye on that.

   • help
   • study
   • gave up
   • agree