Idioms

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Underdog by Alicia Keys

Cry me a river by Justin Timberlake

Beat it by Michael Jackson
Thinking out loud by Ed Sheeran
Wildest dreams by Taylor Swift
Fight fire with fire by Metallica

Heads will roll by Jenny Lewis

What do the song titles have in common?

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."

It describes situations we come across. 

Objective

Getting yourself familiar with everyday language commonly used by natives. 

Introduction to firgurative speech. 

Raining heavily

Extremely easy

pretend not to notice

in a tough spot

pleased and content

jealousy

expressing a strong dislike

well behaved person

very happy or amused

deteriorate, worsen

raining cats and dogs

turn a blind eye

eat your heart out

in a pickle

going downhill

tickled pink

be caught or seen dead

goody two-shoes

piece of cake

happy as a clam

Turn over a new leaf

Turn over a new leaf

Definition: to change your behavior in a positive way

E.g. = She turned over a new leaf and began getting                        to work on time.

Roll up one's sleeves

Roll up one's sleeve

Definition: to prepare to work hard. 

E.g. It's time to roll up our sleeves and get the job done.

Kid in a candy store

Kid in a candy store

Definition:to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often react to them in a way that is silly and not controlled.

E.g. I'm like a kid in a candy store when I go into abookshop.

As warm as toast

As warm as toast

Definition: comfortably or pleasantly warm.

E.g. The weather is as warm as toast. 

They sat near the fire, warm as toast.

Add insult to an injury

Add insult to an injury

Definition: used in a situation when something happened or was said that upset you, after you've already been upset about something else.

E.g. My car broke down in the middle of nowhere, then, to add insult to injury, it started to rain.

Small bump in the road

Small bump in the road

Definition: something, usually something not very serious, that delays a process or prevents it from developing.

E.g. As with any new programme, there are going to be bumps in the road. 

Throw a curveball

Throw a curveball

Definition: to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

E.g. Just when you think you have life figured out, it throws you a curveball.

He threw his boss a curve when he told her that he was resigning.

Play the game

Play the game

Definition: behave in a fair or honourable way; abide by the rules.

E.g. You should have told them - it wasn't playing the game to keep it secret. 

Silver lining

Silver lining

Definition: to emphasize the hopeful side of a situation that might seem gloomy on the surface.

E.g. Every cloud has a silver lining. 

When things look black, there's always a silver lining.

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.

Exercise 3: Discuss a time when...

Pick  the phrases and discuss with your classmates when and how it occured. 

Exercise 4: Write about...

Pick one of the 20 idioms from the lesson. Write a 150 word story in which you explain what the idioms means and a time in which this happened to you.

Guiding questions:

When did it happen?

How did it happen?

Who were involved?

Recap

What did you learn today?

What was difficult?

What was easy?

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