Idiomatic Expressions

Our examination in English yesterday was just A PIECE OF CAKE.

• Very easy

I will accept your deal WHEN PIGS FLY.

• Impossible to happen

Your bag costs AN ARM AND A LEG.

• Very Expensive or costly. A large amount of money.

DON’T JUDGE THE BOOK BY ITS COVER

• Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

• Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation.

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO

• Actions or communications need more than one person

Idiomatic Expression

Is a type of informal English

has different meaning from the literal meaning of the words in the expressions

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

Uses the figurative language


Influenced by culture of its origin


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1. KEEP YOUR WIG ON- calm down

• No one is hurt from the accident. Just keep your wig on.

2. STEAL SOMEONE’S THUNDER- To take the credit for something someone else did.

“You have to stop stealing my thunder! Every time I tell that I'm going to do something,

you do it first and you always get the recognition!”

“I think you should stop telling Jane your ideas. I just heard her speaking to the boss and she was telling him the idea you told us yesterday. She always steals your thunder!”


3. WHOLE NINE YARDS- Everything. All of it• He decided to take everything to

college—his books, his stereo, his computer, his skis, the whole nine yards.

4. HAS A SCREW LOOSE- to seem crazy.• I think old Mr. Jacobs has a screw loose;

he keeps trying to feed his cats bird seed.

5. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON- happens very rarely.

Jill: Does your husband ever bring you flowers?

Ellen: Once in a blue moon.

• ''Because I live abroad, I get to see my parents once in a blue moon."

6. BLESSING IN DISGUISE- • Something good that isn't

recognized at first.• You can say something is a

blessing in disguise if it appears to be bad at first, but it results in something very good in the end.

Example:Being caught in that traffic jam was a blessing in disguise. If I hadn't missed the flight, I would have been on that plane when it crashed.

His accident was a blessing in disguise because it gave him lots of time to think about his life while he was recovering, and as a result he made some important changes that improved his life.


7. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS- People's intentions can be judged better by what they do than what they say.

Politicians need to be reminded that actions speak louder than words.



8. LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG- reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.

• We'd planned a surprise party for Donna, but some guy she works with let the cat out of the bag, so now she knows.

• Don't forget that this is a secret, so whatever you do, don't let the cat out of the bag.

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