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Idiom: a manner of

speaking that is natural


to native speakers of a
language
-sayings that offer
advice about how to live
and also transfer some
underlying ideas,
principles and values of
a given culture/ society
 A hot potato
 Add insult to injury
 Back to the drawing
board
 Feel a bit under the
weather
 Jump on the
bandwagon
 Keep something at
bay
 Kill two birds with
one stone
 Last straw
 Miss the boat
 Piece of cake
 speaking of the devil
taste of your own
medicine
 whole nine yards

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