Idio

By: Sarah García Fonseca

11B
2020
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idiom?
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● Idioms present the greatest
difficulties for learners of foreign
languages
● Idioms are difficult to understand
because they cannot be translated 4 2

directly
● They are popular ways to speak that
help us exemplify, advise, or even
express ourselves in a different way 7 3
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them
There are a lot of idioms,
but next, you will know
about 20 of them.
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 Idiom Meaning Usage

A blessing in A good thing that seemed bad as part of a

disguise at first sentence

Break a leg Good luck by itself

Call it a day Stop working on something as part of a

sentence

Don’t cry over There’s no reason to complain by itself

spilt milk about something that can’t be
fixed
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Easy does it Slow down by itself

Fit as a fiddle In good health as part of a sentence

Get out of Get out of control as part of a sentence

hand

Hit the sack Go to sleep as part of a sentence

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It's not rocket It's not by itself

science complicated

Jump on the Follow a trend as part of a sentence

bandwagon

Know which Understand the as part of a sentence

way the wind situation (usually
is blowing negative)

Like two peas They're always as part of a sentence

in a pod together
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Miss the boat It's too late as part of a sentence

No pain, no You have to work by itself

gain for what you want

On the ball Doing a good job as part of a sentence

Pull To joke with as part of a sentence

someone's leg someone
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Queen bee woman who holds by itself

the most important
position in a place

Rain on To spoil something as part of a sentence

someone's
parade

So far so good Things are going by itself

well so far

To get bent To get upset as part of a sentence

out of shape
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Ugly as a very ugly indeed by itself

stick

Velvet glove to describe a person as part of a sentence

who appears gentle,
but is determined and
inflexible underneath

Walk a fine you have to be very by itself

line careful not to annoy
or anger people or
groups that are
competing.

X-rated it is not suitable for as part of a sentence

children
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Yah boo can be used to by itself

sucks show that you have
no sympathy with
someone

Zero hour he time when as part of a sentence

something
important is to
begin is zero hour.
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