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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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