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Idiom practice
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some of the most common American idioms with their meanings. Good practice for foriegn ESL students who want to improve their understanding of American speach.
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A blessing in disguise
Tricking someone into doing something bad
Someone bad who wears nice clothes
A good thing that seemed bad at first
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A dime a dozen
Something very small
Something very common
Something very shiny
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Beat around the bush
To clean up your plants outside
Tell someone to cut their hair
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomforta
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Call it a day
To tell someone what time it is
Stop working on something
Go to sleep
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Cutting corners
Sewing clothes to fit someone smaller
Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
Doing origami
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Hit the hay
Wipe dust off of your house
Feed the horses
Go to sleep
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On the ball
Jumping around
Doing a good job
Being good at soccer
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Pull someone's leg
To forgive someone
To joke with someone
To hurt someone
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That's the last straw
To use the last straw available
My patience has run out
Come back tomorrow
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Wrap your head around something
Understand something complicated
To have a headache
To confuse someone else
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Bite the bullet
To do something you don't want to do, as quickly as possible
To do something slowly
To let someone punch you
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Break a leg
Oh no!
Bad luck!
Good luck!
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Cut somebody some slack
Tell someone to do better next time
Stop speaking to someone
Don't be so critical
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Easy does it
Slow down!
That was easy to do!
That was difficult to do!
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Get something out of your system
To vomit
To throw something away
Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
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Let someone off the hook
To punish someone
To be angry at someone
To not hold someone responsible for something
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