Idiomatic

Expressions
Objectives
1. Identify the meaning of idiomatic
expressions using context clues
2. Use idiomatic expressions in
meaningful sentences
Presentation Overview
An idiom is a phrase or expression that
has a meaning that in most cases cannot
be deduced directly from the individual
words in that phrase or expression.
For example, the idiom 'bite off more than
you can chew' doesn't mean you bite more
than a mouthful of a cake or something
else and then struggle to chew.
Examples
1. raining cats and dogs
rain pouring down heavily
2. sweet tooth
having a strong desire to eat sweet
food
3. bring home the bacon
bring home the victory/glory
4. cost an arm and a leg
very expensive or costly
5. beat around the bush
to avoid the main topic by saying other
unrelated things
6. Butterflies in the stomach
nervous feeling
7. Keep head above the water
Stay out of trouble, especially financial
8. Back to square one
go back to the beginning
9. Hit the nail on the head
to doing or saying something that is
precisely right
10. Jump on the wagon
to join or follow something once it is
successful or popular
11. piece of cake
easy/ simple to accomplish
12. once in a blue moon
something extremely rare in occurrence
13. wink of an eye
immediately or extremely quickly
14. Pulling someone’s leg
too make someone believe something that
is not true as a joke
15. bored to death
to be extremely bored. 
16. ring bell
it reminds you of something
17. a cock-and-a bull story
a story or explanation which is
obviously not true. an unbelievable
and fanciful story.
18. feel blue - feel sad
19. chow down - it’s time to eat
20. keep your fingers cross
to hope that things will happen in the
way that you want them to
21. start from the scratch
to begin from the very beginning without
the aid or advantage of something that is
already prepared or completed.
22. spitting image
look exactly like someone else
23. tie the knot - get married
24. call it a day
to end doing an activity for the day
because you feel you have done
enough
25. totally screwed - having no chance of
success or recovery
Topic Presentation
Motivation
What idiomatic expression have you heard
of/ or you have used?

Essential Questions
What is the importance of idioms?
Are there idioms in the Gospel?
 Understanding idioms can boost your
conversational English skills. You may
encounter idioms most often in spoken or
written conversation. Idioms can help
improve your conversational skills because
it shows native speakers that you
understand the cultural meaning and
context behind the idiom you're using.
 There are many expressions in the
Greek texts of Matthew, Mark and Luke
that seem to derive from Hebrew idioms.
These are phrases that mean something
different from the literal meaning of the
words they use. Every language has its
own idioms, many of which seem strange
when translated literally out of their native
setting.
 Verse Idiom Meaning
Gen 4:6 Face fallen sad
Found grace in the
Gen 6:8 eyes accepted
Gen 22.17 Seed descendants
Gen 24.60 Possess gates capture cities
Gen 27.41 Said in heart thought to self
Lesson Proper
1. Read the explanation about idiom on
page 188 and sample idioms on page
199.
2. Give examples of idioms and use them
in meaningful sentences.
3. Answer exercise on pages 189 to 191.
4. Answer exercise given.
Choose the correct idiom for the following
sentences.
1. Let us ____ . I’m too tired to go on
working.
a. start from a scratch
b. call it a day
2. The experiment failed so we ___
a. are back to square one
b. beat around the bush
3. My mother bought me a pair of leather
boots that _____
a. Is a piece of cake
b. cost an arm and a leg
4. There was nothing to do during the
pandemic so I was ____
a. a cock-and-bull story
b. bored to death
5. Matthew is the ____of his dad.
a. spitting image
b. wink of an eye
6. I did not do any one of my performance
tasks in all my subjects, now I’m ____.
a. feeling blue
b. totally screwed
7. Today we have no classes because it is
_____.
a. raining cats and dogs
b. call it a day
8. Our assignment is a ____. I can do it
without adult supervision.
a. sweet tooth
a. piece of cake
9. The burgers and French Fries were
all eaten up _____
a. once in a blue moon
b. wink of an eye
10. My sister and her boyfriend ____
last December.
a. tied the knot
b. hit the nail on the head