- "An arm and a leg"
- "Barking up the wrong tree"
- "Bite off more than you can chew"
- Hit the nail on the head
- "Make a long story short"
- "Piece of cake"
- "See eye to eye"
- "Taste of your own medicine"
-very expensive
--To summarize something quickly
- easy
-looking in the wrong place.
-To agree on something
-To try and do more than you can
-Something that you did to somebody else is done to you.
-To get just the right answer.
--To summarize something quickly
- easy
-looking in the wrong place.
-To agree on something
-To try and do more than you can
-Something that you did to somebody else is done to you.
-To get just the right answer.
Idioms: A group of words that have a special meaning that is very different from the meanings of each separate word.
Readygen Text Collection; Pecos Bill, Pg.55: “ Worth his salt.”
Meaning: It's an idiom that means to be good at doing something; to deserve your pay.
Until refrigerators were invented, or canning food, “salting” was the primary method of preservation of food. Salting meant covering the food in salt to keep it dry, clean, and safe to eat. This is one reason why salt has long been considered valuable.
To be 'worth one's salt' was like saying you deserve your pay. Our word salary derives from the Latin salarium, (sal is the Latin word for salt).
Another Idiom on page 55 is, " Some of the meaner ones [cowboys] liked to joke that he wore a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head. What do you think they meant?
Readygen Text Collection; Pecos Bill, Pg.55: “ Worth his salt.”
Meaning: It's an idiom that means to be good at doing something; to deserve your pay.
Until refrigerators were invented, or canning food, “salting” was the primary method of preservation of food. Salting meant covering the food in salt to keep it dry, clean, and safe to eat. This is one reason why salt has long been considered valuable.
To be 'worth one's salt' was like saying you deserve your pay. Our word salary derives from the Latin salarium, (sal is the Latin word for salt).
Another Idiom on page 55 is, " Some of the meaner ones [cowboys] liked to joke that he wore a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head. What do you think they meant?