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Idioms for Class 5

This article is on idioms for Class 5. It explains what idioms are, why students of class 5 should learn idioms, and how they can learn them. It also contains a list of idioms for class 5.

What Are Idioms?

Idioms are a group of words or a single word that have a meaning that is not understood by combining the standard definitions of the individual words.

Example: On the dot – happens at a particular time.

Read my/his/her mind – the idea that thoughts are known by another.

Why Should Class 5 Students Learn Idioms?

• Students can use idioms in everyday conversations.
• Helps in speaking and writing English.
• It builds vocabulary.
• Improves reading comprehension.

How can students of Class 5 learn idioms?

Tips for learning idioms are:

• Students can use idioms in a sentence while having a conversation.
• They can practice idioms with friends.
• Notice idioms while watching English cartoons.
• Keep an idiom notebook.
• Students can make it a practice to learn one idiom every day.

List of Idioms for Class 5

Idiom	Meaning	Sentence
A piece of cake	Something easy or pleasant	Painting is a piece of cake for me.
One’s cup of tea	Field of one’s skill	Drawing is not my cup of tea.
Bread and butter	One’s income or earning	His banking job is his bread and butter.
Apple of one’s eye	A person liked by someone	I am the apple of my mother’s eye, so she loves me a lot.
Crocodile tears	Shed false tears	She was not hurt, but she shed crocodile tears to gain the sympathy of others.
The lion’s share	The greatest percentage	The lion’s share from his property was donated to charity.
Into deep water	In a difficult situation	We will be in deep water if we don’t do our homework.
Under the weather	Not feeling well	I am under the weather.
A ray of sunshine	Bringing happiness to someone	Her son is the only ray of sunshine in her life.
Catch someone red-handed	To catch someone in the act of committing a crime	Police caught the thief red-handed stealing the necklace.
Move heaven and Earth	Make extraordinary efforts	She moved heaven and earth to fulfill her dream of becoming an astronaut.
To be kept in the dark	Keeping a secret from someone	He was kept in the dark about his family history all these years.
Music to your ears	Some news that makes you happy	When Ram was praised by his teacher, it was music to his ears.
Over the moon	Extremely happy	He was over the moon when he came first in his class.
Gut feeling	Strong intuition about something	I have a gut feeling that he will win the match.
Make my day	Something that makes you happy	Her kind words for my work made my day.
Feel blue	Feel depressed or sad	After failing the exam, Ravi was having the blues.
Make the blood boil	Make someone very angry	Playing loud music at home makes his blood boil.
No hard feelings	No bitter feelings	I do not carry any hard feelings for you.
Black sheep	Disreputable member of a group or family	He is a black sheep in my family.
Go-getter	Ambitious, and once they decided, they would go out to get it	Tom is a go-getter as he works hard to be successful.
Pull one’s socks	Try harder	I pulled my socks to pass the exam.
Pay the price	Accept the unpleasant result of something that is done	He is paying a heavy price for his rudeness.
Make ends meet	Just have enough money to live on	These days, it’s getting hard for common people to make ends meet.
At all costs	Regardless of any effort needed or price paid	At all costs, I want to win the match.
Fair-weather friends	Friend of only good time	In my times of difficulty, I realized that most of them were fair-weather friends.
Cannot stand	Hate someone	They can’t stand each other even for a minute.

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