24.U4S5 - BCSD Static Server
24.U4S5 - BCSD Static Server
24.U4S5 - BCSD Static Server
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1. An idiom is a commonly used expression or phrase that means something different than<br />
what it appears to be.<br />
An idiom is a commonly used expression or<br />
phrase that means something different than<br />
what it appears to be.<br />
2. The boy loftily observed that reading the chapter “The Case of the Bank Robber” in the<br />
book Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective was a piece of cake.<br />
(Idiom: piece of cake)<br />
The boy loftily observed that reading the<br />
chapter “The Case of the Bank Robber” in the<br />
book Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective was a<br />
piece of cake.<br />
3. The brain behind keeping the crooks from getting away with their crimes was ten-yearold<br />
Encyclopedia Brown.<br />
(Idioms: the brain behind, getting away with)<br />
The brain behind keeping the crooks from<br />
getting away with their crimes was ten-yearold<br />
Encyclopedia Brown.<br />
4. Sometimes the Brown family was tempted to tell the world about Encyclopedia’s<br />
amazing talent as a crime-solver, but so far they hadn’t leaked a word.<br />
(Idioms: tell the world, leaked a word)<br />
Sometimes the Brown family was tempted to<br />
tell the world about Encyclopedia’s amazing<br />
talent as a crime-solver, but so far they hadn’t<br />
leaked a word.<br />
5. Whenever Chief Brown was stumped, Encyclopedia cracked the case for him, usually by<br />
asking just one question.<br />
(Idiom: cracked the case)<br />
Whenever Chief Brown was stumped,<br />
Encyclopedia cracked the case for him, usually<br />
by asking just one question.<br />
6. Write your own sentence that uses an idiom.<br />
Carol Kohn, Ed.D.<br />
U4S5 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander
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