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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
    A good thing that seemed bad at first
    Someone bad who wears nice clothes
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  • A dime a dozen
    Something very small
    Something very shiny
    Something very common
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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
    Go to sleep
    Stop working on something
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  • Cutting corners
    Doing origami
    Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
    Sewing clothes to fit someone smaller
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  • Hit the hay
    Go to sleep
    Feed the horses
    Wipe dust off of your house
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  • On the ball
    Doing a good job
    Jumping around
    Being good at soccer
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  • Pull someone's leg
    To joke with someone
    To hurt someone
    To forgive someone
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  • That's the last straw
    Come back tomorrow
    My patience has run out
    To use the last straw available
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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 let someone punch you
    To do something you don't want to do, as quickly as possible
    To do something slowly
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  • Break a leg
    Bad luck!
    Oh no!
    Good luck!
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  • Cut somebody some slack
    Don't be so critical
    Tell someone to do better next time
    Stop speaking to someone
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  • Easy does it
    That was difficult to do!
    That was easy to do!
    Slow down!
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  • Get something out of your system
    To vomit
    Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
    To throw something away
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  • Let someone off the hook
    To not hold someone responsible for something
    To punish someone
    To be angry at someone
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