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Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5
"I get butterflies in my stomach before I take a big test!"

What does "butterflies in my stomach" really mean?
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5
"You hit the nail on the head with your answer!"

What does "hit the nail on the head" really mean?
Grade 5 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.5.5a, L.5.5b
"That was a piece of cake," is an example of:
  1. idiom
  2. simile
  3. personification
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 5 Idiom
From Riding Freedom, by Pam Munoz Ryan

"I'll tell you if I need help. Don't go steppin' in unless I ask."

"Fair enough," said James.

"Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow, if the weather holds."

Find two idioms in the passage. Write them and their meanings below.
Grade 5 Idiom
From Harvesting Hope - The Story of Cesar Chavez

In a fight for justice, he told everyone, truth was a better weapon than violence. "Nonviolence," he said, "takes more guts." It meant using imagination to find ways to overcome powerlessness.

In the passage above, highlight the idiom. Write the idiom and its meaning below.
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