1. WHAT ARE IDIOMS?
WHAT ARE IDIOMS?
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2. MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ESL, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPT.
PREPARED BY:
JAMIL ISTIFAN
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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
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4. WHERE THE IDIOM COMES FROM?
DIFFERENT SOURCES.
ANCIENT FABLES.
AMERICAN CUSTOMS
COLLOQUIAL SPEECH, SLANG.
PROVERBS AND FOLKSY SAYING
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5. CLICHÉ AN OVERUSED EXPRESSION IS CALLED “CLICHÉ”.
IN ACADEMIC WRITING, WE TRY TO AVOID CLICHÉ.
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE CREATIVE.
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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
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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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