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Hi everyone! I found this image and I think it may be useful to learn a bit more specific vocabulary:
Confessions of an idiom
Hi everyone!
In this video you will find lots of idiomatic expressions.
Your task is to recongise the ones we've dealt with during this course and to find some others. If possible, try to guess the meanings of the ones we didn't see in class and post them in a comment. Then we'll see who guesses more idioms!
In this video you will find lots of idiomatic expressions.
Your task is to recongise the ones we've dealt with during this course and to find some others. If possible, try to guess the meanings of the ones we didn't see in class and post them in a comment. Then we'll see who guesses more idioms!
Body idioms
Here are the body idioms and their definitions:
- Have a bone to pick with someone: To want to talk to someone about something annoying they have done.
- Have an eye on someone: To watch or give your attention to someone.
- Not have a leg to stand on: To be in a situation in which you can't prove something
- Break someone's heart: Cause severe emotional pain or grief.
- Stab someone in the back: A betrayal of trust, an act of treachery.
- Frame of mind: The mood that someone is in, which influences their attitudes or feelings.
Animal Idioms
Here are the animal idioms and their definitions:
- An elephant in the room: a problem that everyone knows very well but no one talks about because it is taboo or embarrassing.
- To have a bigger fish to fry: To have other things to do, to have more important or more interesting things to do.
- Like shooting fish in a barrel: Ridiculously easy.
- Let the cat out of the bag: To reveal a secret or a surprise by accident.
- Kill two birds with one stone: To solve two different situations or problems with one single action.
- Beat a dead horse: to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding.
- Crocodile tears: A false, insincere, or hypocritical display of sadness or remorse.
Welcome!
Hi there!
In this blog you will find useful material on the topics we'll be dealing with in class. You can also share anything you find interesting or worth sharing.
You can also comment on everything that's posted and ask any questions that may arise while you're studying.
I hope you find it useful and profitable!
In this blog you will find useful material on the topics we'll be dealing with in class. You can also share anything you find interesting or worth sharing.
You can also comment on everything that's posted and ask any questions that may arise while you're studying.
I hope you find it useful and profitable!
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