point of view and my understanding. I hope it will be a good stream for teachers and students. (
Appendix 2) 3. Chapter 3. English idioms and their usage in everyday life .1 My own example of using idioms in daily speech
I had a narrow escap e this morn ing. I was cycling to work when a lorry knocked me off my bike. The driver stopped and got out to see if I was all right. He was as white as a sheet and I was shaking like a leaf. Fortunately I had landed on some grass and I wasn t hurt.
To have a narrow escape - to be very close to danger or something terrible but manage to escape
To be/go as white as a sheet - to be very pale in the face, especially because of illness or great fear
Shaking like a leaf - to tremble with fear or great anxiety
3.2 Examples of idioms from my textbook
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Now, I would like to give you some examples from my school textbooks Hotline . Unit:
a to have got the message - to understand2:
a We d better be off - it s time to come out3:
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a The sky s the limit - you haven t got any limits to improve yourself5:
a That s beside the point - it doesn t concern the matterI think we should all think about the environment. That s why I m buying a car with a small engine hat runs on unleaded petrol.Huh! It s all that you can afford. You d buy that gas-guzzler, too, if you had the money.That s beside the point! 7:
a I ve made up my mind - to decide to do something, to be going to do
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