Idiomatic Expressions
Idiomatic Expressions
Idiomatic Expressions
Expressions
Determine what idioms are
Appreciate the importance
of idioms in
communication
Identify the meaning of
idiomatic expressions
It is an expression
whose meaning cannot
What is
be taken literally. It can
idiom? be a word, phrase or
sentence.
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• Figurative language refers to
language that uses words in ways
that deviate from their literal
interpretation to achieve a more
Figurative complex or powerful effect.
• This view of figurative language
language? focuses on the use of figures of
speech that play with the
meaning of words, such
as metaphor, simile, personificati
on, and hyperbole.
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• Literal language means
exactly what it says.
• Refers to the meanings of
Literal words, phrases, and
sentences in their real or
Language actual sense.
• Literal language does not
change, irrespective of the
context in which it is used.
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A phrase that is formed from a
combination of a verb and an
P h r a s a l Ve r b adjective, preposition or both
either before or after the verb
that results an idiomatic phrase.
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Verb
To whistle in the
Example:
dark Preposition
Adjective
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Meaning:
pretend to be confident
or not afraid.
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Meaning: share the same
opinion or idea as someone
hence you agree with the
See eye to person
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Meaning: accomplish two
different things at the same
Kill two birds time
Example n sentence:
with one I have to go to the bank, and
stone on the way back, I’ll pick up
the groceries also, killing two
birds with one stone.
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Meaning: find the exact
answer
hit the nail Example in sentence:
on the head! “You’ve found the problem,
Sid! You hit the nail on the
head!”.
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Meaning : To change your
C h a n g e o n e ’s view of something
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Meaning: you are speaking
about someone and he
appears immediately at that
Speak of the time
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Meaning: used to describe an
event that is seldom or done
frequently
Once in a Example in sentence:
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Meaning: accidentally revealing
information that you weren’t
Let the cat supposed to reveal
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Meaning: 1. holding a grudge or
grievance
1. Being angry because of
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1.High as a kite
2.Heads in the clouds
Guess the
3.Turn a blind eye
meaning! 4.Raining cats and fogs
5.Piece of a cake
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1.Very high
2.Having unrealistic
ambition
3.Pretending you have not
Answer: noticed a certain situation
4.Raining heavily
5.Very easy
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