Idioms

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

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Idioms

"uitdrukkingen / gezegdes"

"an Idiom is an common expression used informally that cannot be understood by the literal meaning of its words, but only by common knowledge of what the expression means."

cost an ... and a ...

missed the ...

kill two ... with one ...

give it a ...

shot

birds, stone

boat

arm, leg

missed the boat

missed the boat

definition: to lose an opportunity by not taking action quickly enough

"cost an arm and a leg"

"give it a shot"

"kill two birds with one stone"

"Don't look a gift horse 

in the mouth."

"Een gegeven paard niet in de bek kijken."

"Wees niet te kritisch bij iets wat je cadeau hebt gekregen."

What do you think the idiom
"Read between the lines."
means?

1. to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write
2. to read someone's writing very closely as someone's handwriting is badly written

Don't take them literally!

Exercise 1: Read the text

Using a highlighter of colored pencil (if you have any), identify the idioms in the following story. There are 20 idiomatic expressions in the story. Can you find them all?

Exercise 2: What do the idioms mean?

Write down what the 20 idioms truly mean on the back.