Что входит в понятие «идиоматика языка?»
Своеобразие слов, выражений, синтаксических конструкций данного языка, буквально не переводимое на другие языки.
(Толковый словарь иноязычных слов. — 2008)
Tips from Learn English with the British Council site
- Nicolas thinks he is going to pass his exams without studying.
- Oh, he’s just got his head in the clouds!
- Did you see Peter win the race?
- Oh yeah! He was lightning fast!
As cool as a cucumber
extremely calm; imperturbable.
“Joan felt nervous, but she acted as cool as a cucumber”.
“The politician kept cool as a cucumber throughout the interview with the aggressive journalist”.
To buy a lemon
To purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it away.
“You have bought a secondhand car. I think you bought a lemon”.
To be as slow as molasses
in January
Molasses is a very thick liquid and is really slow when you pour it out of a jar. It gets even slower when it is cold.
“C’mon! You’re as slow as molasses in January!”
Something that is easily done with no problems
An easy target
Eat very little
To prepare for a fun and happy party
Jack was supposed to play hockey with me, but he chickened out.
The meaning of the idiom chicken out is:
To be stubborn
Unaware
Back out from fear, or lose one’s nerve
For a long time
The idiom whose meaning is
the least respected member of a group is:
As the crow flies
Dead duck
Rain cats and dogs
Shaggy-dog story
Neither fish nor fowl
Go whole hog
Black sheep
Clay pigeon
Somebody who often drop things
To be in a difficult situation and not know what to do
The best of all
Suspicious
To be in trouble
To be crowded tightly together in a small space
Idioms bingo games
- make a big deal out of a small problem (mountain out of a molehill)
- do something because someone else does (monkey see, monkey do)
- in trouble (in the dog house)
- pouring rain (rain cats and dogs)
- tell a secret (let the cat out of the bag)
- be very excited (go ape)
- don’t be nosy (curiosity killed the cat)
- why are you so quiet? (cat got your tongue?)
- think someone is against you (smell a rat)
- # 1 person in charge (top dog)
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