This document defines and provides examples for 12 common idiomatic expressions in English: "Drown in a glass of water", "It's a piece of cake", "The drop that spilled the glass of water", "Be the black sheep", "Build castles in the air", "Be in the moon", "Take the rags out in the sun", "Give up", "A little bird told me", "Make a clean slate and a new account". Each expression is accompanied by a short example sentence to illustrate its meaning.

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Idiomatic
Expressions

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“Drown in a glass of water”
Example: “Ana always drowns in a glass of water. You
better not bother her with that programming error.”

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“It's a piece of cake”
Example: "That programming project is a piece of
cake."

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"The drop that spilled the glass of water“
Example: The straw that spilled the glass of water was
when he found out that the company's computer had
broken.

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"Be the black sheep.“
Example: I am very bad at programming web pages. I'm
clearly the black sheep in my family.

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“Build castles in the air”
Example: “I don't think you understood much about
yesterday's meeting. As always, I was building castles in
the air."

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"Be in the moon".
Example: "The truth is that I did not listen to the boss and
his new project, I was over the moon."

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"Take the rags out in the sun.“
Example: "Stop fighting and putting your clothes out in the
sun, we are all to blame for what happened with that
project."

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"Give up".
Example: “We cannot throw in the towel with this
program, we have worked a lot and we are not far from it”.

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"A little bird told me.“
Example: "A little bird told me that you got promoted."

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“Make a clean slate and a new account”.
Example: “I don't want to talk about that topic anymore.
Let's make a clean slate. It will be the best."