IDIOMATIC

EXPRESSIONS
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✣ Jump at your own ✣ Hit the
books
shadow

age ✣ Jump through hoops

✣ Jump off the P

✣ On the rocks ✣ Kill time

✣ Head in the Clouds

✣ Beat the clock
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Jump at your own shadow

✣ To be
overly
frightened

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Jump off the Page

Something
that stands
out

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On the rocks

A
relationship
is
experiencing
problems

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Head in the Clouds

Have
unrealistic or
impractical
ideas

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Hit the books

to begin to
study hard

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Jump through hoops

to go through
lots of effort

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Kill time

to do
something that
is not
interesting to
pass time

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Beat the clock

succeed in
something
before time is
up

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Idiomatic Expression
• is an expression, word, or phrase that
has a figurative meaning conventionally
understood by native speakers.
• This meaning is different from the literal
meaning of the idiom's individual
elements.
• idioms don't mean exactly what the
words say. 19
 Disadvantage

• One can be misunderstood if he did not

get the correct message

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 Advantage

• It simplifies the negative message through

using pleasing words in an idiom.

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1. He tells his girlfriend that he loves
her, but he never actually does
anything nice for her. Someone should
teach him that actions speak louder
than words.

✣ (Refers to the idea that it’s better to

do something than just talk about it.)
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2. I wanted to intervene when they
were yelling at each other, but that
would have just added fuel to the fire.

✣ (Something that worsen an already

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3. I kept trying to steer the
conversation back to his alibi. But he
wouldn’t stop beating around the bush,
bringing up things totally off topic.

✣ (Avoiding the main issue.)

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4. It was raining so hard that our cab
was late, and we were late to our
reservation at the restaurant. Turns out
everyone who ate there at night got
food poisoning. I guess the bad
weather was a blessing in disguise!

✣ (Something good and beneficial that

did not initially seem that
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5. Is tonight your big performance?
Break a leg!

✣ (Something you say to someone you

want to wish luck on.)
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 GROUP ACTIVITY
 
✣ Group 1: in a cemetery (Jump at your own shadow)
✣ Group 2: inside the classroom (Jump off the Page)
✣ Group 3: at home (On the rocks)
✣ Group 4: in the library (Head in the Clouds)
✣ Group 5: in a university (Hit the books)
✣ Group 6: family reunion (Jump through hoops)
✣ Group 7: at the canteen (Kill time)
✣ Group 8: meeting elementary friends (Beat the clock)
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1. armed to the teeth
(armed with a lot of weapons or with very effective
weapons)
2. heart in his mouth
(feeling extremely nervous)

3. in hot water
(to be in or get into a difficult situation in which you are
in danger of being criticized or punished)
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4. face the music
(to accept consequences, to own up to the
responsibility created by one's actions)
5. best foot forward
(To show oneself in the best or most positive way
possible; to make a favorable impression.)
6. strike while the iron was hot
(to take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it
exists)
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7. heart was in his boots
(they feel very sad, disappointed, worried)

8. hear a pin drop

(to describe a situation where there was complete
silence)
9. I’ve got your back
(To be willing and prepared to help or defend someone;
to look out for someone in case they need assistance. )
✣ The soldier was armed to the teeth. He had
his heart in his mouth. He was in in hot water.
It was time to face the music. He put his best
foot forward. He hoped to strike while the iron
was hot even though heart was in his boots
.You could hear a pin drop when suddenly he
turned a corner and found his brother hiding
in the long grass. ‘I’ve got your back his
brother whispered.
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