COMMONLY FOUND idioms in students' writing:

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Double Edge Sword
- something or a situation that is both good & bad
e.g.: This house is a double edge sword. This house is a beautiful house, but
very expensive.
1. A Piece Of Cake - something that is very easy
e.g: The English test was a piece of cake.
2. Beat It - leave (someone) alone; to stop leave & go somewhere else
e.g.: The man in the library told us, if we are not quiet, then we must beat it.
3. Bookworm - someone that likes to read many books; someone that is always
studying
e.g.: My sister is a bookworm. My sister is always at the library reading and
learning.
4. Brainstrom - to generate many ideas quickly
* Before we began writing, our teacher asked us to brainstorm topics for our
essays.
5. Break the Ice - to get things started, particularly by the means of social
introduction or conversation
* It can be difficult to break the ice at formal events.
6. Copycat to copy from someone; to so the same thing as someone else
e.g..: My brother is a copycat. He does everything I do
Couch Potato
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Dead Wood
Drop The Ball
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Far Cry From
Flunk Out
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Give Green Light

Give My Word
Get The Axe
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Hard Head
Head Over Heels
Hit The Roof
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Keep An Eye
Kill Time
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Potluck Dinner
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Rain on (Someone's) Parade - to spoil someone's happy feeling
* I'm in a great mood, so don't rain on my parade!
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Stick To The Program
Spill The Beans
Stubborn As A Mule
Stick With
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Take (something) by storm - to overwhelm someone or something, often by
becoming famous quickly or by spreading rapidly.
* Siti Nurhaliza took Malaysia by storm in the 1990s
The Early Bird Catches The Worm
Train Wreck
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Made My Day

Miss The Boat

Mix Up
Many hands make light work
This idiom means that when everyone gets involved in something, the work gets done
quickly.

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Under The Weather

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Raining Cats & Dogs
When it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining very heavily.

Where there is a will, there is a way di mana ada kemahuan, di situ ada jalan