Blog Activity 1: Class compilation of Idioms
Let's create a class compilation of idioms.
As explained in class, each of you is assigned an idiom to check out.
Index No. 33 to 44 will have to source for your own idiom (extra work but it's going to be fun!)
Instruction:
Find out the meaning of the idiom you are assigned and make a sentence with it.
If you can find other information about the idioms e.g. the origin of the idiom etc, do share with us.
Have fun!
Idiom: Abandon ship
ReplyDeleteMeaning:
(Fig) To leave a failing enterprise
(Lit) To leave a sinking ship
Sentence:
A lot of the younger people are abandoning ship because they can get jobs elsewhere easily.
Round the bend means:1. Fig. crazy; having lost sanity.Example sentence: I think this job is sending me around the bend.
ReplyDeletepeace of mind means:a tranquility that results from not having worries, guilt, or problems.Example sentence of peace of mind:If peace of mind is more important to you than earning a lot of money, maybe you should consider teaching.
ReplyDeleteAng Yan Ning
ReplyDeletea roller coaster ride means: a situation which changes suddenly and often between being good and being bad.Example sentence:The Norwegian stockmarket has been on a roller coaster during the past 18 months.
put the brakes on means: to cause someone to stop doing something.example sentance:The boss put the brakes on Gerald, who was trying too aggressively to get promoted. We are going to have to put the brakes on you if you make any more difficulties.
ReplyDeletestep on it means:a mark or impression made by the foot on the ground; footprint.
ReplyDeletesentence:hurry up, go faster, as in Step on it or we are going to be late.
Miss Lee .. Ride with the tide i use the web site they say " Phrase not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Please try the words separately"
ReplyDeleteRide the gravy train means to live in ease and luxury.
DeleteDarryl, how about trying other websites/ googling for it?
DeleteTry: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ride+with+the+tide.html
You might have to create your sentence based on your understanding of the meaning. I'm sure you can do it!
Idiom:in the long run
ReplyDeleteMeaning:(fig.)eventually
(lit.)after a very lengthy period of time
Sentence:Finally,he realized that in the long run,their argument wouldn't seem so awful.
1) The black sheep of the family is a person whose bad charater or behavior has brought disgrace to the rest of the family.
ReplyDelete2)Donkey's years is to talk about a very long time in the past.
idiom:paddle ones own canoe.
ReplyDeletemeaning of idiom:Act independently and decide your own fate
sentence:Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe
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ReplyDeleteMiss Lee i went to the website to find the meaning of just in the nick of time but no meaning was stated there.The website i went http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Just+in+the+Nick+of+Time
ReplyDeleteSamuel, you should choose "idioms" instead of acronyms.
DeleteTry "in the nick of time" instead.
Here you go: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+nick+of+time
Only the meaning is given. You have to create your own sentence.Give it a shot.
origin of paddle one'sThe figurative meaning of 'padding one's own canoe' began to be used in the early 19th century. This was what was in mind of the author of The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present, 1807, when reporting the lack of community spirit amongst the coffee planters in Malaysia:
ReplyDeleteIf the planters would unite and use their united influence they could start a bank to advance money to deserving young planters... but they won't do it. They let each poor fellow paddle his own canoe, and if he capsizes and stretches out his hand in despair for someone to save him... they won't do it.
The imagery of self-reliance that the phrase conjures up was employed by the founder of the Scouts Movement, Lord Baden-Powell, when he used it as the title of a book in 1939.
The independence of mind implicit in the advice the phrase conveys is plain to see in two gung-ho poems written on the subject in the USA in the 1850s.
origin of paddle one's own canoe
DeleteThat's interesting. Great effort, Arafia!
Deleteidioms: up to speed
ReplyDeletehaving the most recent information
sentence :
Before we start the meeting, I'm just going to bring you up to speed on the latest developments.
idiom: A Question Of Time
ReplyDeletemeaning: what you think will happen in the future.
Sentence : If you keep on spending money like this, it'll just be a question of time before you have a serious debt problem.
Ride with the tide means to accept the majority decision.
ReplyDeleteLose one's train of thought
ReplyDeletemeans: you forgot something
Lee Xin Yi :
ReplyDeleteSteer clear of :
Meaning: to avoid something or someone because they are dangerous or bad for you
Sentence:
(1)I'd steer clear of Joe if I were you-he'll only cause trouble.
(2)I try to steer clear of heavy meals these days.
safe and sound - free from danger or injury; "the children were found safe and sound"
ReplyDeleteunhurt
safe - free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"