Idioms are word combinations that are idiotic! Crazy! Nuts!

In other words, idioms

have meanings that can't be figured out by looking up the words in the dictionary.
They have meanings that are understood by people who speak that language, but are
very hard to understand for people who don't speak that language.

Below you see a diagram consisting of a lot of bricks. You have to read the
instructions and get rid of the words you are asked to cross off. The remaining
words will be an idiomatic expression.
A

ITS

WENT

ORANGE

BOOK

SMALL

SO

MALL

RAINING

AT

SUE

ON

RAN

WROTE

GREEN

BEANS

CALL

WHITE

SIGN

MARY

IT

CATS

RED

TOLD

SALLY

IN

TALL

LETTER

LIFT

NOTE

BLUE

DIARY

PEAS

SNOW

TALKED

AND

FALL

WALL

POLE

MOUNTAIN

LOLA

TO

ONIONS

CARROT

SKI

PHONED

E-MAIL

AD

DOGS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Cross out all of the colour words.

Cross out all of the words that rhyme with BALL.
Cross out all of the verbs in the past.
Get rid of the girls names.
Cross out all the words two letters.
Cross out the things you can read.
Cross out all of the vegetables.
Cross out the words related to ski sport.
Now read the remaining words from top to bottom to find the idiom.

The idiom is:

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TEACHER NOTES:

Raining cats and dogs

This idiom means "raining very heavily."
Centuries ago, people thought certain animals had magical powers. Sailors believed cats had something
to do with rainstorms. Dogs and wolves were symbols of winds in Norse mythology.