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Idioms
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What are Idioms?
• Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say.
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• Something very easy to do
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Examples
• The exam was a piece of cake. • Glad to help. It was a piece of cake.• Grammar is my specialty. It’s a piece
of cake.
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"Easy as ABC" An idiom which means Something that is
as easy as ABC is very easy or simple.
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Examples
• Learning how to use a computer is as easy as ABC for the children.• Our 101 English course is as easy as
ABC.• That exam was as easy as ABC.
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As easy as pie
• It is used to describe a task or experience as pleasurable and simple. The idiom does not refer to the making of a pie, but rather to the act of consuming a pie ("as easy as eating a pie")
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Examples:
• You make everything sound as easy as pie, Lama.• Setting up the printer was as easy as
pie.
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A hard/tough nut (to crack)
•Meaning:• A difficult problem or person
to deal with.
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Examples:
• This assignment is a hard nut to crack.• It won't be easy getting mom’s
approval; she's a tough nut to crack.
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A ball of fire
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A ball of fireMeaning:
A person with great energy
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• Examples:• The trainer will have to be a ball
of fire to get this football team to play well. • I hope Linda joins our group ;
she's a real ball of fire.
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Meaning: to be very busy or very active
Example: • She's as busy as a bee, always going
to meetings and organizing parties.
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Have butterflies in one’s stomach
•Meaning:
•Feel very nervous
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• I had butterflies in my stomach when I went to see the dentist. • I had butterflies in my stomach
during my first few days at college.
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Examples:
• "The weather was horrible on Saturday. It was raining cats and dogs all day.”
• "It's really awful weather outside. It's windy and is raining cats and dogs."
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cost (somebody) an arm and
a leg
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Meaning:to be very expensive
• Example:
• These opera tickets cost us an arm and a leg!
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His new car cost him an arm and a leg.
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Meaning:Very happy or delighted.
Examples: • "He was over the moon when he
heard the news.”• She was over the moon with her new
mobile.
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