Idiom Partner Cards - Icebreaker

Figurative language can be tough for students to understand. These idiom partner cards make learning idioms easy throughout the year. The card sets can also be used as a fun back to school icebreaker activity.

Many cards are included so that you can use just a portion at a time depending on your class size.
2-piece puzzle: 35 idioms = 70 students
3-piece puzzle: 35 idioms = 105 students

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★ 2-piece Card Sets

Includes 35 idioms with two cards per idiom. Card A shows an illustration and the actual idiom phrase. Card B states the literal meaning of the idiom. The students holding one of the two cards in that idiom set must find each other and 'match-up' as partners.

★ 3-piece Card Sets

Includes 35 idioms with three cards per idiom. Card A shows an illustration. Card B lists idiom phrase. Card C states the literal meaning of the idiom. The students holding one of the three cards in that idiom set must find each other and 'match-up' as partners.

★ Additional Grouping Option

Match larger groups by combining idioms. Example, after partners have match cards, “All couch potatoes and cold shoulders are in group 1 over here.”

★ Use as an Icebreaker Activity (See preview for more details)

Which idioms are covered?

→ Two heads are better than one
→ Two peas in a pod
→ Apple of my eye
→ Break a leg
→ Butterflies in my stomach
→ Opening a can of worms
→ Class clown
→ Having cold feet
→ Giving the cold shoulder
→ Costs an arm and a leg
→ Couch potato
→ Crying over spilled milk
→ A drop in the bucket
→ At the end of my rope
→ Like a fish out of water
→ Frog in my throat
→ Head in the clouds
→ Hold your horses
→ I’m all ears
→ In the same boat
→ Joined at the hip
→ Get two birds with one stone
→ Let the cat out of the bag
→ Needle in a haystack
→ Off the hook
→ On cloud nine
→ Piece of cake
→ Raining cats and dogs
→ Sick as a dog
→ Time flies
→ Walking on eggshells
→ When pigs fly
→ Zip your lips
→ Think outside the box
→ Out of left field

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