1 / 12

IDIOM DICTIONARY

IDIOM DICTIONARY. What’s an idiom ?. An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be understood based on the definition of its constitutional elements. couch potato. someone who spends too much time watching TV. "You're a real  couch potato , Jay. You need to get more exercise!".

nelia
Download Presentation

IDIOM DICTIONARY

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. IDIOM DICTIONARY

  2. What’sanidiom? • An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be understood based on the definition of its constitutional elements.

  3. couch potato • someone who spends too much time watching TV. • "You're a real couch potato, Jay. You need to get more exercise!"

  4. drop someone a line • write to someone. • "I haven't written to my parents for a long time. I'd better drop them a linetoday or tomorrow."

  5. Easy does it!: • Be very careful! / Don't do anything too fast or too hard! • A: "I'm going to move the table just a little further from the window."B: "Easy does it! If you move too fast, you might knock over the plant!"

  6. for ages • for a very long time. • "Where's Marie? I haven't seen her for ages."

  7. green • inexperienced. • "I don't think you can depend on Jack to do that job by himself. He's too green."

  8. get up and go • energy. • "I'm really tired. I don't have any get up and go."

  9. plastic • credit card(s). • "Oh, no! I forgot to get any cash! I hope this restaurant accepts plastic!"

  10. sleep on it • take at least a day to think about something before making a decision. • "The job that you're offering me sounds really good, but I'd liketo sleep on it before giving you my final decision."

  11. until you're blue in the face • forever. • "You can talk until you're blue in the face, but I won't change my mind."

  12. wishy-washy • uncommitted; without an opinion of one's own. • "Don't be so wishy-washy. Tell us how you really feel."

More Related