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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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