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Idioms

Urvi Shah
20/01/2017 0 0

Today we will see some idioms that we can use in our everyday conversations. But what are “idioms”?

Idioms are the words or phrases which get their meaning by their usage over a period of time. The idioms mean very different from their literal meanings. They are clearly understood to the native speakers. We will try to see and understand some of them today.

A couch potato:
A person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television.

A Piece of Cake: 
A task that can be accomplished very easily.

All Greek to me: 
Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be.

A Leopard Can't Change His Spots: 
You cannot change who you are.

A Chip On Your Shoulder: 
Being upset for something that happened in the past.

A Doubting Thomas: 
A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.

Barking up the wrong tree:
Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person

Best thing since sliced bread:
A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.

Back To Square One: 
Having to start all over again.

Break A Leg: 
A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite.

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