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Title: What is AN IDIOM?


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What is AN IDIOM?
  • It is a group of words with a special meaning
    which is different from the meanings of the
    separate words.
  • For example, to show a leg , regardless of what
    the separate words might suggest means TO GET UP.

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TYPES OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS There are
various types of IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS. Some of
them are based on
  • CLOTHES
  • WEATHER
  • INSTRUMENTS
  • COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
  • ALLITERATION
  • IRREGULAR VERBS
  • SIMILIES
  • PREPOSITIONS
  • PAIRS OF WORDS
  • NUMBERS
  • NATIONALITIES
  • NAMES
  • FOOD
  • COLOUR
  • PARTS OF THE BODY
  • ANIMALS

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  • PAIRS OF WORDS
  • e.g. safe and sound
  • (undamaged, safe)
  • sick and tired(enough of sth)
  • NATIONALITIES
  • e.g. to go Dutch (share the cost
  • of the meal, tickets etc)
  • Indian summer (the
  • period of warm weather
  • towards the end of the
  • summer or in the autumn)
  • NUMBERS
  • e.g. to have second thoughts
  • (to form an opinion after
  • reconsidering sth)
  • a four-letter word (a taboo
  • word)
  • NAMES
  • e.g. Jack of all trades (sb who
  • has an ability to do a lot of
  • different jobs)
  • every Tom, Dick or
  • Harry (everyone and
  • anyone, an ordinary person)

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  • PARTS OF THE BODY
  • e.g. to be two-faced (to be a hypocrite)
  • to see eye to eye with sb (to agree)
  • ANIMALS
  • e.g. a bookworm (sb who spends plenty of time
    reading)
  • a rat-race (a competition for success)
  • FOOD
  • e.g. a piece of cake (sth very
  • easy)
  • full of beans (full of life
  • and energy)
  • COLOUR
  • e.g. out of the blue
  • (unexpectedly)
  • to see red (to be extremely
  • angry)

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  • CLOTHES
  • e.g. a blue-collar worker (sb
  • who does hard, dirty work)
  • to pull ones socks up
  • (to mobilise and improve
  • ones work)
  • WEATHER
  • e.g. to feel under the
  • weather (to feel unwell)
  • come rain or shine
  • (always)
  • INSTRUMENTS
  • e.g. as fit as a fiddle (in perfect
  • health)
  • to blow ones own
  • trumpet (to praise oneself)
  • COMPOUND
  • ADJECTIVES
  • e.g. broad-minded (willing to
  • accept opinions of other people)
  • single-handed (alone,
  • without anyones help)

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  • SIMILES
  • (an expression which describes one thing by
    comparing it with another)
  • e.g. as drunk as a lord (very drunk)
  • as alike as two peas in a pod (very alike)
  • PREPOSITIONS
  • e.g. down the drain (wasted)
  • out of date (no longer in
  • use or fashion)
  • ALLITERATION
  • ( the repeated use of the same letter or sound)
  • e.g. wishy-washy (thin, watery
  • coffee, tea)
  • sing-song (a repeated rising
  • and falling of the voice in
  • speaking)
  • IRREGULAR
  • VERBS
  • e.g. to beat about the bush
  • (to avoid saying directly what
  • one wants to say)
  • to make up ones mind
  • (to take a decision)

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PHRASAL VERBS, COLLOCATIONS and SAYINGS can also
be classified as IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS.
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EXAMPLES OF PHRASAL VERBS (groups of words
which consist usually of a verb and preposition)
  • to get away with (avoid punishment)
  • to look down on (to despise)

9
EXAMPLES OF COLLOCATIONS (groups of words which
naturally go together through common use)
  • a heavy smoker (sb who smokes a lot)
  • peace of mind (freedom from troubling thoughts)

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EXAMPLES OF SAYINGS (well-known wise statements)
  • The best things in life are free. (You cant buy
    the most precious things like freedom, happiness,
    friendship etc)
  • Life is no bed of roses. (There are problems in
    life)
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