Read the

Sam: Learning to
dialogue and rollerblade isn’t easy.
try to find I keep falling down!
out the I feel like a fish out
meaning of of water.
the Sarah: Really? For
me it is a piece of
underlined cake.
 Sam: Learning to
do not feel rollerblade isn’t easy.
1 comfortable or
relaxed because you
I keep falling down!
are in an unusual or I feel like a fish out
unfamiliar situation of water.
2 something easily Sarah: Really? For
done me it is a piece of
cake.
 idioms
What is an idiom? Group of words which mean
something different from its literal meaning.
Discussion
• Tell us about something you only do once in a blue moon.
• Do you normally get butterflies in your stomach when you have to
speak in front of a group?
• Who is the most down-to-earth person you know?  
• Have you ever felt like you were on top of the world?
Can you guess the idioms by the
emoji?
• Here are some emoji puzzles that will test your knowledge on idioms!
In groups, not only students try to guess the idioms, but also their
meaning.
• Can You Guess The idiom By The Emoji? Example:
MEANIN
IDIOM
G
Piece of
Somethin
cake
g easy
Let’s practice!

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LET’S DO FIRST
EXERCISE 1
Picture prompt
• In groups, students look at the pictures and try to
guess the idiom.
 Couch
potato

Think outside
the box Sitting duck
The Big Elephant in Apple of
Picture the room someone's eye
The sky is Storm in a
Time flies tea cup
the limit

Button your Living on the Through the

Edge
Picture prompt - DEFINITIONS
• Have a look at your worksheet and complete
exercise two.
 DEFINITIONS
Think outside
the box • think in an original or creative way.
Sitting duck • a person or thing with no protection against an attack
Couch
• a person who takes little or no exercise and watches a
potato
The Big lot of television.
Picture
Elephant in • think of the future
the room
Apple of •  an obvious truth that is deliberately ignored by
someone's eye everyone inTítulo
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 DEFINITIONS
The sky is the
limit • there is practically no limit

Time flies • used as an observation that time seems to pass very

Storm in a quickly.
tea cup
Button your • excitement about an unimportant matter
lips
Living on • to not talk about something
the Edge • living a dangerous and/or unusual everyday life
Through the
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EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
WORKSHEET- MEANINGS
1. to feel awkward or uncomfortable, usually in a new situation
2. to be out of money, to have no money
3. undecided or indefinite, usually because often because other matters should
be decided first
4. to no interest in someone or something, to ignore
5. a person who is happy and cheerful
6. to stay where you are
7. to be really or completely in love with someone
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Describe and guess!
• In groups, one student
must describe idioms and
her/his team must guess
them. Each team has 1:30
and can pass two idioms
in each turn.
• Good luck!
Let’s review and play a
kahoot!