Презентация "Animal Idioms" 8 класс
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- Animal
- Idioms
- As busy as a bee
- Someone who is very busy. “The principal was as busy as a bee”
- As blind as a bat
- Someone who is not aware of what is going on in front of them. Not paying attention.
- “If you thought that painting was nice, you must be as blind as a bat”
- It's raining cats and dogs
- Raining very heavily.
- “It has been raining cats and dogs all day!”
- A frog in your throat
- Your voice is not clear.
- “I can’t hear you – have you a frog in your throat?”
- When pigs fly
- A way to joke about something you think will never happen.
- “Will you actually finish your homework on time David?”
- “Yes, sure, when pigs fly!”
- Ants in your pants
- Someone impatient who cannot keep still.
- “Sit down Jonny and keep still! You must have ants in your pants!”
- Fishing for compliments
- Inviting people to give you a compliment.
- “Oh my new hair is SO ugly!”
- “Are you fishing for compliments? Because your hair is lovely!”
- Pull the wool over your eyes
- To cheat or deceive someone.
- “You can’t pull the wool over my eyes – I know that you already have a girlfriend”
- A little bird told me...
- Tracy has a new boyfriend!
- To gossip.
- “A little bird told me that you are going to get a new job!”
- Gone bananas
- To go crazy.
- “I took some of his chocolate, and he went bananas!”
- Apple of your/my eye
- Someone you love more than anyone else.
- “My wife is the apple of my eye.”
- To chicken out
- Bye bye!
- To quit something at the last moment.
- “I should be on the TV quiz show today but I chickened out!”
- Copy cat
- Someone who copies.
- “Do your own homework – don’t be a copy cat!”
- Dark horse
- Someone you cannot trust.
- “He told me our tickets were $100, but I think they cost less – he’s a dark horse.”
- In the dog house
- Someone who has been bad or is being punished.
- “My sister is in the dog house as my mother caught her stealing.”
- To pig out
- To eat a lot in one go.
- “Let’s pig out on pizza!”
- To smell a rat
- You can sense/believe something is not right.
- “The teacher could smell a rat so asked the student if their parents helped with their homework.”
- Cat got your tongue
- Someone who won’t speak up or answer questions.
- “Why won’t you tell me who took my chocolate? Cat got your tongue?”
