Nama: Frisca Risvia Nur Aziz

Idiom

How to report what people said

Idiom adalah serangkaian kata yang artinya tidak bisa diartikan secara harafiah, namun
mewakilkan ekspresi tertentu yang tersirat di dalamnya.

Contoh:

Ali: Hey, did you hear the news lately?

Rudi: What’s the matter?

Ali: In the shop house across yesterday there was a robbery.

Rudi: Reallya? That’s terrible! And what happened next?

Ali: I heard all the valuables things are carried away, but luckily the owner wasn’t there so they
were save and there were no fatalities.

Rudi: Thank God, but how could that happened huh?

Ali: I guess the suspect are insiders, since all the system have been turned off.

Rudi: Has the perpetrator been caught?

Ali: Yes the perpetrator was caught red-handed.

Rudi: I hope the perpetrator will be punished immediately for his actions.

Kata yang bercetak tebal yaitu kalimat idiom/kiasan caught red-handed artinya tertangkap
basah maksudnya tertangkap ketika sedang melakukan perbuatan tersebut.
Contoh kalimat idiom:

the robber did not want to raise his hand

Idiom:Raise his hand

Artinya:Angkat tangan

Maksudnya:Semua kesulitan hidup ini tidak akan membuat saya mengangkat tangan.

kidnapping cases take a lot of time

Idiom:A lot of time

Artinya:Makan waktu

Maksudnya: membuang buang waktu.

The perpetrator finally opened his voice about the crime he had committed.

Idiom:Opened his voice

Artinya: Buka suara

Maksudnya:bunyi yang dikeluarkan dari mulut manusia