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To hit the nail on the head - to say something that is
V. Communication Street exactly right
6. To call a spade a spade - to be very frank and outspoken
Listen Carefully
First listen to these idioms carefully. They are numbered 1 to Speak Correctly
6. Then listen to their meanings which are numbered (a) to The correct answers are:
(f). Match the idioms with their meanings by matching the What is the time by your watch?
correct numbers. Try to use the idioms in sentences of your
Our classroom is on the second floor.
own.
The price of this bag is higher than that of yours.
1. (a); 2. (b); 3. (c); 4. (d); 5. (e); 6. (f)
I prefer coffee to tea.
1. Once in a blue moon - something that happens very
rarely His sons-in-law have come home.
2. To beat about the bush - to say something in an indirect I cannot cope with this pressure.
and roundabout way Please repeat what you said.
3. To be in hot water - to be in trouble or difficulty He tells a lot of lies.
4. To eat your words - to take back what you have said
The Night the
12 Ghost Got In
(Someone has trod upon the flower beds.)
Word Alley despondent - sad, without much hope; dejected
(Don’t look so despondent.)
hullabaloo - a lot of loud noise, especially made by people
beagle - a breed of dogs (small, with short legs and long ears)
who are annoyed or excited about something; commotion;
(Is your dog a beagle?)
uproar
(The teacher punished the boys for the hullabaloo in the ceased – stopped
class.) (The sound of the whispers soon ceased.)
misunderstandings - situations in which we often do not whammed - threw something with great force
clearly understand what is happening (He whammed the ball over the fence.)
(They stopped talking to each other because of many engraver - a person whose job is to cut words or designs on
misunderstandings.) wood, stone or metal
advent - the coming of an important event or person (He is an engraver by profession.)
(The newspapers announced the advent of the President of frothing - producing a lot of saliva
the USA.) (He was so angry that he was frothing at the mouth.)
patrolman - a male police officer who walks or drives around had enormously taken her fancy - had interested or appealed
an area to make sure that there is no trouble or crime to her
(The patrolman in our area is always alert.) (That dress had enormously taken her fancy.)
attic - a room or space just below the roof of a house; loft in a jiffy - in an instant or moment
(All the junk is in the attic.) (I will be there in a jiffy.)
trod upon - put your foot down while you are stepping or haven’t a stitch on - not wearing any clothes
walking (Don’t you realize that you haven’t a stitch on?)
