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Javiel Knight
Professionele leerkrachtWhat are some good idioms you know?
Here are a bunch I thought I'd share:
1. Cool as a cucumber
Meaning: calm and composed, especially in stressful situations
Example: She was as cool as a cucumber during her job interview.
2. Hold your horses
Meaning: wait a minute; be patient
Example: He still has to shower before we can leave — hold your horses.
3. Kick the bucket
Meaning: to die
Example: Many people want to travel the world before they kick the bucket.
4. Blue in the face
Meaning: exhausted from great, generally futile, effort
Example: You can beg until you’re blue in the face, but you’re not having ice cream for dinner.
5. Head in the clouds
Meaning: oblivious or having unrealistic ideas
Example: He has his head in the clouds if he thinks he can pass his test without studying.
6. Dead as a doornail
Meaning: to be completely devoid of life
Example: I forgot to water my flowers, and now they’re as dead as a doornail.
7. Piece of cake
Meaning: very easy to do or accomplish
Example: She was nervous about her driving test, but it ended up being a piece of cake.
8. Out of the blue
Meaning: randomly or unexpectedly
Example: My grandmother came to visit out of the blue.
9. Raining cats and dogs
Meaning: raining extremely heavily
Example: We can’t go to the park today because it’s raining cats and dogs.
10. Cat got your tongue
Meaning: unable to speak or think of something to say.
Example: You’re being very quiet. Cat got your tongue?
26 mei 2021 06:37
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In Norwegian we say « Du må ha is i magen» it literally means that You must have ice in your stomach. It means that You must be patient :)
26 mei 2021
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May I ask you? You said: "Cat got your tongue?". Shouldn't I ask this idiom in a standard English asking way: "Did cat get your tongue?", should I?
26 mei 2021
I'd rather call them "figurative expressions".
"Idioms" somehow stand very close to "idiots", scaring away people from knowledge.
27 mei 2021
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Javiel Knight
Taalvaardigheden
Engels, Frans, Duits, Italiaans, Japans, Spaans
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Spaans
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