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.
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My Father Was a Janitor
My Chicken’s On the Internet
Steve the Superhero
Stumblebum Stan
My Knee Is for Me
How Did You Get So Mean?
My Brother’s a Genius
Everything We Learn at School
Our Family Picnic
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Today
A Shark Is a Pet
Cara’s Parrot
Forty Purple Porpoises
The Dragons of Monster Town
A Pair of Potatoes Were Talking
If You Ever Meet an Elephant
Molly Has a Myna Bird
My Old Uncle Wheeler
The Size of Yankee Stadium
Buckaroo Huck