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Purpose of Lesson:

• To use deduction skills to try to put meanings to phrases

• To learn some common English idioms• To learn to use English idioms in

conversation• To translate idioms in your native

language into English

Pushing Up Daisies

Means: Dead and buried.

A Piece of Cake

Means: Something that is easy to do.

Sugar Coat

Means: To make something difficult or distasteful appear more pleasant or acceptable.

Running Against the Clock

Means: Rushed and short on time.

All in the Same Boat

Means: Everyone is facing the same situation.

Apple of My Eye

Means: Someone who is loved the most.

At a Drop of a Hat

Means: Do something immediately.

Bend Over Backwards

Means: Do anything to help.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Means: To be stuck between two very bad options.

Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

Means: To take on a task that is too big.

Drive Someone Up A Wall

Means: Annoy someone a lot.

Find Your Feet

Means: Become more comfortable in whatever you are doing.

Hit the Nail on the Head

Means: Do something exactly right or say something exactly right.

Hold Your Horses

Means: Be patient.

A Knee-Jerk Reaction

Means: A response is quick and automatic.

Lend Me Your Ear

Means: Listen to me.

Off the Hook

Means: No longer have to deal with a bad situation.

Sitting on the Fence

Means: You are undecided.

Over My Dead Body

Means: You absolutely will not allow something to happen.

Put a Sock in It

Means: Be quiet.

The Ball is in Your Court

Means: It is your decision this time.

It is Water under the Bridge

Means: Anything from the past that is not important anymore.

Smell the Roses

Means: Take time to relax.

Have Your Head in the Clouds

Means: Being unaware of what is going on.

It Takes Two to Tango

Means: Something cannot happen without more than one person.

Idiom Charades

Role Play

Teach the Teacher

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