Juliana Kaizza S.
Montero
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
1. Play it by ear
2. Raining cats and dogs
3. Can’t do something to save my life
4. Turn a blind eye
5. Fat chance
6. Pot calling the kettle back
7. Once in a blue moon
8. Head in the clouds
9. Mad as a hatter
10. Driving me up the wall
11. Call it a day
12. Knight in shining armor
13. Know the ropes
14. Larger than life
15. Extend the olive branch
16. A red herring
MEANING
1. Rather than sticking to a defined
plan, you will see how things go and
decide on a course of action as you
go along.
2. It’s raining heavily.
3. It is a hyperbolic way of saying that
you are completely unskilled at
something.
4. To pretend not to have noticed it.
5. Something that is incredibly unlikely.
6. Refers to someone who criticizes
someone else for something they
themselves are guilty of.
7. Refers to something that happens
infrequently
8. Used to describe someone who is
not being realistic.
9. Refers to someone who is
completely crazy.
10. Something or someone is causing
extreme annoyance.
11. To stop doing something for the
day.
12. A knight in shining armor is a
heroic, idealized male who typically
comes to the rescue of a female.
13. Refers to someone who is
experienced at what they are doing.
14. Refers to a colorful, fashion person
whose appearance are considered
more outlandish than other people.
15. To take steps towards achieving
peace with an enemy.
16. Refers to something designed to
distract someone.
17. Barking up the wrong tree
18. Bite off more than you can chew
19. Blow one’s own trumpet
20. In stitches
17. Pursuing a line of thought or action
that is misguided.
18. Taking on a task that is beyond
what you are capable of.
19. To boast about one’s own
achievements.
20. Resulting to your sides hurting from
laughing so hard.