This document provides definitions for common English idioms. Idioms are phrases in everyday language that do not make literal sense but have understood meanings. Examples include "apple of one's eye" meaning a favorite person, "work like a dog" meaning to work long hours without rest, and "couch potato" referring to someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV. Other idioms explained are "cut corners," "grind gears," "elephant in the room," "jump for joy," "live on the edge," and "fly off the handle." The document also defines "odd duck," "make a racket," "sitting duck," "straddle the fence," "make a mountain out of

1. ENGLISH
IDIOMS

2. Idioms are phrases people
use in everyday language
which do not make sense
literally, but we understand
what they mean.

3. A favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one;
the object of somebody's affections.

4. To work long hours without rest.

5. To keep quiet and don’t speak.

6. A person who spends much time sitting or lying
down, usually watching television.

7. To do
something in
the easiest or
cheapest way
by skipping
something
important.

8. To make
someone
very angry
or very
bored.

9. An obvious truth that is either being ignored or
going unaddressed.

10. To feel very
happy and
excited.

11. To have a type of life in which you are often involved in
exciting or dangerous activities.

12. Someone
who
behaves
strangely.

13. To make a loud noise by shouting, clapping or
singing.

14. A helpless or easy target or victim.

15. Not to take sides in a dispute; not to make a clear
choice between two possibilities.

16. A small event that has been exaggerated out
of proportion.

17. The most important facts about a situation.

18. People always think they would be happier in a different
set of circumstances.

19. There is no upper limit

20. Time moves quickly and often unnoticed.

21. CHALLENGE

22. Profesora de Inglés
Erica A. Filippin
2013