When Pigs Fly
a sample from All About ® Reading Level 3
When Pigs Fly
a sample from All About ® Reading Level 3
Your student will frequently encounter idioms in everyday speech and while reading, so it’s
beneficial to expand his vocabulary to include them. In this activity, students will learn twelve
common idioms such as hold your horses and in a pickle.
Instructions
1. Print pages 3-4 of this activity back-to-back.
2. Cut out the flying pig cards and place them on the table with the illustrations facing up.
3. “If something costs an arm and a leg, it costs a lot. It doesn’t really mean that you have to pay
with an arm and a leg. Sayings like these are called idioms. Idioms are sayings that you don’t
take literally.”
4. Have your student select a pig card and read the phrase on the back. If possible, your student
should use the idiom in a sentence or explain what it means. If he doesn’t know what the idiom
means, explain it to him. Continue until all the flying pig cards have been read.
Answer Key
when pigs fly a way of saying that something will never happen
on pins and needles anxious; excited; in suspense
keep an eye on to watch someone or something closely
give/lend a hand to help someone
miss the boat to miss out on an opportunity; to make an error or not understand
hold your horses to wait; to have patience
hang out to spend time with certain people or at a certain place
let the cat out of the bag to reveal a secret by mistake
apple of my eye someone or something that is very precious; a favorite person or object
green with envy jealous; wishing you had what someone else has
takes the cake when a person does something that is even worse than what he’s done before
in a pickle to be in a difficult situation
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Lesson 17 – When Pigs Fly
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when pigs fly
needles on you
give me a hand miss the boat hold your horses
let the cat
hang out apple of my eye
out of the bag
green with envy takes the cake in a pickle
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