English Insight: 5 Idioms for the Day (June. 18th) Hello English learners, here are 5 other English idioms for the day! Voila! Let us take a look.1.&nbsp;Blood is thicker than waterMeaning: family loy

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English Insight: 5 Idioms for the Day (June. 18th)

Hello English learners, here are 5 other English idioms for the day! Voila! Let us take a look.

1. Blood is thicker than water

Meaning: family loyalties are stronger than those to other people

Example: Family is important to me because blood is thicker than water you know.

2. Cat nap

Meaning: a short nap (to sleep for a bit during the day)

Example: After having my lunch I plan to take a cat nap.

3. Throw cold water

Meaning: being not supportive, or very negative about someone’s ideas

Example: I just want to do what I like, why do you always throw cold water on my ideas?

4. Have too much on plate

Meaning: being too busy

Example: Let me see, gosh.. I need to do my dishes, do my assignment, practice my guitar, go to an appointment, and then study English and French.... I really have too much on my plate!

5. Until the cows come home

Meaning: for a very long time

Example: I waited here until the cows come home, but you just didn’t show up.

Although we don't tend to use idioms quite frequently, having a bit of them during the conversational English could certainly make the dialogue more natural, colloquial and interesting. Good luck on your English studies! If you have any questions, please feel free to comment or leave your message. Au revoir!

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التعليقات · 3

Um, sorry, but that last example is not quite right. For number 5, you are switching the tense incorrectly and you normally wouldn't use that idiom that way.

A better example: You can wait until the cows come home, but I'm not changing my mind!

To fix the example grammatically in (5) above, you would have to say "I waited here until the cows came home, but you just didn't show up." However, I would never use this idiom in that fashion.

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There is interesting history of idioms "The blood is thicker than water".

The quote comes from: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” This actually means that blood shed in battle bonds soldiers more strongly than simple genetics.

Now we use it like you described.

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