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Idioms, proverbs, maxims, adages, axioms, aphorisms, dictums....whatever you want to call them, they're a fascinating part of our everyday language.
 
"In The Doldrums" "Let The Cat Out Of The Bag" "Spill The Beans"
"Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" "Armed To The Teeth"
"Crocodile Tears" "Take With A Grain Of Salt" "Armed To The Teeth"

But what do they actually mean?  And even more interestingly, where do these fascinating 'anomalies' of our everyday language originate from?

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ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan
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REQUEST: This lesson plan was presented at a teacher's conference. If you know who presented this lesson plan, please contact Abbe Barnett at abbeg@moapa.igate.com so that credit may be given to that person for this excellent plan. ... Name two adjectives, three verbs, a simile (like, as), synonym for the first line. ...

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Homonyms Lesson Plan
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Teaching Shakespeare: Lesson Plan
The Language of the "Undiscovered Country" December 1998. Francis J. Mulcahy teaches at Benjamin Banneker Model Academic High School, a public magnet school in Washington, DC. ... He has used variations of this lesson plan with students ranging from grade 7-12 ... meaning," you do not mean a simple synonym or definition, but both the textual and ...

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National publisher of books on parenting, baby names, child care, adult and children's poetry, nursery rhymes, party and wedding planning, humor, travel and more. ... The Fairy Godmother's Assistant. Lesson Plan, Grades 3-6 ... Next, write a synonym for each word listed. ( ...

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This section of The Lesson Plans Page contains language arts lesson plans, language arts ideas, language arts lessons, language arts thematic units, lesson plans for teachers. ... This Foreign Language lesson plan involves students looking forward to the future and writing about their ... This challenging synonym game increases the use of "Vivid Verbs" in writing ...

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... Web Integration Lesson Plan. Jennifer Jensen © 2002 ... Using string to connect the. synonym note cards to the underlined words and phrases ...

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