A Mother’s Day Poem

Find the Idioms

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A Mother’s Day Poem Find the Idioms

I know I drive my mom up a wall When playing in the house with my basketball. Even though I’m skating on thin ice, Sometimes she has to warn me twice. I can often be a pain in the neck, And my bedroom is always such a wreck! Sometimes I make the loudest sounds. My mom doesn’t like when I monkey around. After my previous HUGE mistake, Mom said, “This one takes the cake!” I daydream a lot with my head in the clouds, And my mom somehow still seems proud. She says I’m the apple of her eye, But I must admit, I don’t know why!

Underline each idiom you find in the poem below. Then list the idioms and their meanings on the chart.

Use context clues to help you with any you don’t know.

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A Mother’s Day Poem Find the Idioms

I know I drive my mom up a wall When playing in the house with my basketball. Even though I’m skating on thin ice, Sometimes she has to warn me twice. I can often be a pain in the neck, And my bedroom is always such a wreck! Sometimes I make the loudest sounds. My mom doesn’t like when I monkey around. After my previous HUGE mistake, Mom said, “This one takes the cake!” I daydream a lot with my head in the clouds, And my mom somehow still seems proud. She says I’m the apple of her eye, But I must admit, I don’t know why!

Underline each idiom you find in the poem below. Then list the idioms and their meanings on the chart.

Use context clues to help you with any you don’t know.

© The Peanut Gallery, 2013

Find the Idioms Name:_________________________ Date:____________

Idiom Meaning 1 2

3

4

5

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Find the Idioms Name:_________________________ Date:____________

Idiom Meaning 1 2

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drive up a wall

skating on thin ice

pain in the neck

monkey around

takes the cake

head in the clouds

apple of her eye

to annoy or irritate

in a risky situation

someone who is annoying

to be lazy or waste time

is the most extreme example (negative)

lost in thought or daydreams

her favorite; the one she loves most

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