English Eve Tamela ICC523 Midterm Project This Lesson At the end of this lesson you will be able to describe what an idiom is in English give the meanings of at least three commonly used English language idioms ID: 311588
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Idioms in English
Eve
Tamela
ICC-523
Midterm ProjectSlide2
This Lesson
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:describe what an idiom is in English;
give the meanings of at least three commonly used English language idioms.Slide3
What is an idiom?
An idiom is a group of words with aspecial meaning which is different
from the meanings of the separate
words. Slide4
For example, to break the ice with
someone does not mean to chop ice into pieces !
It means getting
over any initial
embarrassment or
shyness when you meet someone forthe first time and
start conversing.Slide5
Some Common Idioms Ants in his pants =
Nervous excitement Kick the bucket =
To die
Let the cat out of the bag =
To tell a secret
See red =
To become very angry
Pulling a leg =
To joke with someone
Take the bull by the horns =
To deal with a problem directlySlide6
When you
take the bull by the horns
, you deal with problems directly.
Can you can guess the meaning of these common English idioms ?
True
FalseSlide7
Can you can guess the meaning of these common English idioms ?
When you are very angry, you
kick the bucket
.
True
FalseSlide8
Can you can guess the meaning of these common English idioms ?
When you
let the cat out of the bag
, you are able to keep secrets.
True
FalseSlide9
N
When you take the bull by the horns, you like to deal directly with a problem.Slide10
When someone kicks the bucket that means they have died.
NSlide11
When you let the cat out of the bag it means you cannot keep a secret.
NSlide12
Great Job !!Slide13
Which idiom is it?
Click on the idiom to replace the expression in the brackets.
footloose and fancy free
pulling my leg
getting his feet wet
My uncle was [
joking around
] when he said that he had won a large amount of money.
landing on his feet
No
Yes
No
NoSlide14
Which idiom is it?
Click on the idiom to replace the expression in the brackets.
a cold fish
ants in his pants
the world as his oyster
No
Yes
a snail’s pace
No
No
The little boy was sitting in the office with [
nervous excitement
]. Slide15Slide16
ResourcesUsing English website:http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/break+the+ice.html
ESL Resource Center website:http://eslus.com/LESSONS/VOCAB/VOCAB.HTM
Pictures courtesy of
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& Clip Art websites:http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/breaking-ice.html
http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/tipping_hat.htmlThe Idiom Connection website:
http://www.idiomconnection.com/legfoot.html#BQ