Idiomatic

Idiomatic Expressions
Expressions to Target in Speech Therapy Student Name: ________________________________________

Being sick / tired of

something.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Rise and shine.

In your face.
Cut to the chase.
Rule of thumb.

Don't put all your eggs in

Chill out.
one basket.
Run Out of steam.

Get over it.
Drive someone up the wall.
Scapegoat.

This sucks / stinks.
Pardon my French.
Smell something fishy.

Get up on the wrong side of

Noob.
the bed.
Start from scratch.

Owned.
Go the extra mile.
The last straw.

Fail.
Gut feeling.
Third time’s a charm.

Emo.
Hit the books.
Tie the knot.

Hang out.
Hit the hay / sack.
‘Til the cows come home.

Lame.
Hit the nail on the head.
Turn a blind eye.

Cracking up.
Hold your horses.
Under the weather.

What’s up?
Icing on the cake.
Water under the bridge.

A dime a dozen.
Keep an eye on something.
When it rains, it pours.

Costing an arm and a leg.
Keep your chin up.
When pigs fly.

Being in the same boat.
Kick the bucket.
Judging a book by its cover.
A picture paints a thousand

words.
Knock on wood.
Zero tolerance.

A piece of cake.
Let the cat out of the bag.
On the right track.

A slap on the wrist.
Mum's the word.
Put two and two together.
A taste of your own

medicine.
Off the hook.
Ants in your pants.

Add fuel to the fire.
Off the record.
Walk in someone else’s shoes.

All Greek to me.
Once in a blue moon.
Spill the beans.

Back to square one / Back

to the drawing board.
On the fence.
Feeling blue.

Break a leg.
On the same page.
Butterflies in your stomach.

Party pooper.
Out of the blue.
Get out of my hair.

Couch potato.
Over my dead body.
Play it by ear.

Chew someone out.
Over the top.
Pay through the nose.
Come hell or high water. Pig out. Two left feet.




Cross your fingers. Pulling your leg. Getting cold feet.




Cry over spilt milk. Put a sock in it. Giving someone a hand.




Cry wolf. Raining cats and dogs. Brainstorm.




Facepalm. Getting to the bottom of Make a mountain out of a


something.
molehill.
Compiled by Viola Dean, M.S., CCC-SLP