WHAT ARE IDIOMS? WHAT ARE IDIOMS? 2/17/2019.

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WHAT ARE IDIOMS? WHAT ARE IDIOMS? 2/17/2019

MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESL, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPT. PREPARED BY: JAMIL ISTIFAN 2/17/2019

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 2/17/2019

WHERE THE IDIOM COMES FROM? DIFFERENT SOURCES. ANCIENT FABLES. AMERICAN CUSTOMS COLLOQUIAL SPEECH, SLANG. PROVERBS AND FOLKSY SAYING 2/17/2019

CLICHÉ AN OVERUSED EXPRESSION IS CALLED “CLICHÉ”. IN ACADEMIC WRITING, WE TRY TO AVOID CLICHÉ. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CREATIVE. 2/17/2019

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 2/17/2019

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 2/17/2019