101 English Idioms

An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.

 

          101 English Idioms from Jeffrey Hill

Try to guess the meaning of the idioms above.

IDIOM RESOURCES
• Idiom Site
• English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions (UsingEnglish.com)
• English-language idioms (Wikipedia)
• 1000+ Most Popular English Idioms and Their Meanings (MyEnglishTeacher)
• English Idioms Illustrated (iOs app)

Shakespare Phrases we still say today

This picture was posted by a 20-year-old girl named Becky from London on Tumblr. It has gone viral since and more than two years later keeps going strong across the Internet.

According to OxfordWords Blog The words of Shakespeare are still held nearly 400 hundred years after his death, to be some of the most poetic ever written and his influence on modern English is indisputable. Contributions such as Green- eyed monster (Othello) and My kingdom for a horse are fairly well known but did you know that he was the first person to use the adjectives neighbouring ( Henry IV) or misplaced (King Lear) ; or the adverbs obscenely (Love's Labour Lost) or Out of work (Henry V)?

How many of these phrases did you already know?

Can you find any in  the contemporary context? I have just googled Fight Fire with Fire and I have come across a song by Metallica. Go find some more present-day examples and share with your classmates.