poetic device: Idioms
An idiom is a common expression that has a different meaning than the literal meaning of the words. For example, to say that someone “kicked the bucket” means that they died, not that they actually kicked a bucket, and to describe something as “a piece of cake” means it is very easy, not a literal slice of cake.
Each of these poems include at least one idiom, often in the final line of the poem, but sometimes more. See if you can find the idioms in each of these poems.
Sleeping Santa
My Dog Likes to Dig
On Halloween Night
The Life of a Pirate Ain’t Easy
Bob’s Job
My Mother Drives Me Everywhere
My World Is Turning Downside-Up
If You’re Swallowed by an Elephant
I Finished My Homework
The Book of Glue
A Sad and Lonely Cyclops
The Armpit of Doom
Homework, I Love You
Crazy Over Vegetables
Calling all Kids!
Foolish Fiona
I’m Super Excited
When Chemists Die, They Barium
Zzzzz
My Chicken’s On the Internet
Steve the Superhero
Stumblebum Stan
Everything We Learn at School
My Brother’s a Genius