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Directions: The sentences below contain words in italics that have the same word meaning as an idiom. Write the letter of the idiom that has the same meaning beside the sentence. Read each sentence aloud substituting the idiom in place of the words in italics.

A.Topdog

B.Crywolf

C.Takethebullbythehorns

D. Snakeinthegrass

E.Rainingcatsanddogs

F.Straightfromthehorse’smouth

_____ 1. The person who stole my dog is a badpersonwhocannotbetrusted.

_____ 2._ I heard it fromsomeonewhowasinvolvedandknows that Peske’s Pets is going out of business.

_____ 3. The ringmaster is the mostimportantperson at the circus.

_____ 4. It’s a very bad idea to giveafalsealarm when swimming in shark waters.

_____ 5. It started rainingveryhard, so we cancelled our aquarium trip.

_____ 6. We need to actboldlyandpositively and protect the rainforests.

Animal Idioms - Matching