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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Idioms versus Metaphors
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Idioms and metaphors are so very much alike that it is very easy to confuse them. There is a way, however, to tell the difference.

For example, to say “She’s sharp as a tack,” does not really mean she’s a tack but, rather, it means her mental state is very good.

Metaphors are figures of speech that relate one thing with another thing. In other words, two things are compared to each other. For example, “life can be a circus”. This compares life with a circus.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Idioms versus Metaphors
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1. Kelly always seems to have her NOSE IN A BOOK.
2. My sister was ALL EARS when her boyfriend came around!
3. Her voice cut like a knife in the night.
4. Her newborn baby looks just like an angel!
5. When my sister gets up in the morning she looks just like Frankenstein’s bride!
6. When the song was over there wasn’t A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE.
7. My EYES ARE BIGGER THAN MY STOMACH when I go out to a restaurant.
8. I could have sworn MY EARS WERE BURNING this morning.
9. I’ll jump out of a plane WHEN PIGS FLY.
10. Mr. Arnold would be BLIND AS A BAT without his glasses.

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