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WHAT ARE IDIOMS?

WHAT ARE IDIOMS?. MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESL, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPT. PREPARED BY: JAMIL ISTIFAN. DEFINITION. IDIOMS ARE IN EVERY LANGUAGE. NO LITERAL MEANING. WE INFER THE MEANING FROM THE CONTEXT. AN IDIOM COULD BE A WORD OR A PHRASE. IDIOMS SPARK YOUR WRITING.

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WHAT ARE IDIOMS?

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  1. WHAT ARE IDIOMS?

  2. MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGEESL, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPT. PREPARED BY: JAMIL ISTIFAN

  3. DEFINITION • IDIOMS ARE IN EVERY LANGUAGE. • NO LITERAL MEANING. • WE INFER THE MEANING FROM THE CONTEXT. • AN IDIOM COULD BE A WORD OR A PHRASE. • IDIOMS SPARK YOUR WRITING

  4. WHERE THE IDIOM COMES FROM? • DIFFERENT SOURCES. • ANCIENT FABLES. • AMERICAN CUSTOMS • COLLOQUIAL SPEECH, SLANG. • PROVERBS AND FOLKSY SAYING

  5. CLICHÉ • AN OVERUSED EXPRESSION IS CALLED “CLICHÉ”. • IN ACADEMIC WRITING, WE TRY TO AVOID CLICHÉ. • STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CREATIVE.

  6. THE MOST POPULAR IDIOMS • SPAM, FISHY, ALL EARS, BANDWAGON • TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, MONKEY BUSINESS • CROCODILE TEARS • PIECE OF CAKE • DUTCH TREAT • TO BARK UP THE WRONG TREE • ONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE BARREL

  7. MORE IDIOMS • HIT THE ROAD, KNOCK ON WOOD • ONCE IN THE BLUE MOON • GIVE ME 5, TWO-FACED • ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE • BUGG OFF, BUGGING ME • C’EST LA VIE, PLAYING WITH FIRE • EYE FOR AN EYE AND TOOTH FOR A TOOTH

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