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Idiomatic Expression: Grade 8

The document discusses idiomatic expressions, explaining what idioms are and providing examples of common idioms along with their origins. Examples included idioms like 'as happy as a clam,' 'pass the buck,' 'straight from the horse's mouth,' and 'let the cat out of the bag,' with explanations of where each idiom came from.

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Idiomatic Expression: Grade 8

The document discusses idiomatic expressions, explaining what idioms are and providing examples of common idioms along with their origins. Examples included idioms like 'as happy as a clam,' 'pass the buck,' 'straight from the horse's mouth,' and 'let the cat out of the bag,' with explanations of where each idiom came from.

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IDIOMATIC GRADE 8

EXPRESSION
WHAT IS IDIOM?
IS AN EXPRESSIONS THAT
TAKES ON A FIGURATIVE
MEANING WHEN CERTAIN
WORDS ARE COMBINED.
 DIFFERENT FROM THE
LITERAL DEFINITION.
LITERAL VS. FIGURATIVE
LITERAL
MEANS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS

FIGURATIVE
USES SIMILES, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, AND
PERSONIFICATION TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
EXAM
PLES
AS HAPPY AS A CLAM 
(PLEASED, VERY CONTENT)
MARRY WAS HAPPY AS A CLAM ON THE DAY
OF HER WEDDING.

ORIGIN
THE EXPRESSION MOST LIKELY BEGAN
BECAUSE WHEN A CLAM’S SHELL IS OPENED UP,
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CLAM IS SMILING. 
PASS THE BUCK
(TO DODGE ONE’S RESPONSIBILITY BY
GIVING THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE)
IT IS TIM’S RESPONSIBILTY TO MOW THE LAWN, HE
SOULDN’T PASS THE BACK TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.

ORIGIN
The game of poker became extremely popular in the 1800s in the United States.
Of course, many of the cowboys and bar patrons who played the game were
degenerate gambler types who could not be trusted. So, a system was instilled
that on each new game a different person would deal out the cards and they
would be given some kind of marker to indicate that it was their deal. Often
times a knife was used as a marker. The handles of these knives were typically
made out of a buck's horn. In time, the marker just became known as a buck.
STRAIGHT FROM THE
HORSE’S MOUTH
Meaning: getting information directly from the most
reliable source

Origin: This one is said to come from the 1900s, when


buyers could determine a horse’s age by examining its
teeth. It’s also why you shouldn’t “look a gift horse in
the mouth,” as inspecting a gift is considered bad
etiquette.
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE
BAG
Meaning: to mistakenly reveal a secret

Origin: Up to and including in the 1700s, a


common street fraud included replacing
valuable pigs with less valuable cats and selling
them in bags. When a cat was let out of a bag,
the jig was up.
PULLING SOMEONE’S LEG
Meaning: teasing someone, usually by
lying in a joking manner

Origin: Although pulling someone’s leg is


all in good fun nowadays, it originally
described the way in which thieves tripped
their victims to rob them.
HANDS DOWN
Meaning: without a lot of effort; by far

Origin: Winning “hands down” once


referred to 19th-century horseracing,
when a jockey could remove his hands
from the reins and still win the race
because he was so far ahead.
BARKING UP THE
WRONG TREE
Meaning: pursuing a misguided course of
action

Origin: Likely referring to hunting, this saying


explains when a dog would literally bark at
the bottom of the wrong tree after the prey in
question moved to the next branch.
EXCHANGED
STUDENT-CREATED
IDIOMS. ALLOW
STUDENTS TO WRITE
THE LITERAL
MEANING. SHARE.

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