IDIOMATIC

EXPRESSIONS
ENGLISH 8 (AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE)
 WHAT IS AN IDIOM?

• IDIOM COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD “IDIOS”

WHICH MEANS PERSONAL.
• IS A PHRASE OR AN EXPRESSION THAT HAS A
FIGURATIVE, OR SOMETIMES LITERAL, MEANING.
 PIC-CHARADES (PICTURE +
CHARADES)
•CLASSIFY THE MEANING OF THE GIVEN
ILLUSTRATIONS TO FORM A PHRASE OR
SENTENCE.
Put your foot in your mouth
I have a butterflies in my stomach
Cash Cow
Time flies
Walking in the air
Cat pull your tongue
Raining cats and dogs
Couch Potato
When pigs fly
As cool as Cucumber
 GUIDE QUESTIONS:
• WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATED
PICTURES?
• WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE MEANS?
• HOW DO IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CAN ENHANCE
THE VOCABULARY OF THE WRITERS OF ENGLISH?
• DOES IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS LITERALLY DONE IN
REAL LIFE? WHY OR WHY NOT?
HOW DO IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
USED IN A STATEMENT?

WATCH THIS VIDEO :

GRADE 8 IDIOMS POWTOON.MP4
THERE ARE MANY IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN OUR
LANGUAGE. ONE IS THAT SEVERAL WORDS ARE COMBINED
WHICH LOSE THEIR LITERAL MEANING AND EXPRESS
SOMETHING VERY REMOTELY SUGGESTED.
EXAMPLES:
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, BLACKLIST, LAY UP, TOE THE LINE, MAKE
OUT, BED OF ROSES, DARK HORSE, HEAVY HAND, OPEN
HOUSE, READ BETWEEN THE LINES, NO AX TO GRIND, HARD
ROW TO HOE.
Black Sheep
Dark Horse
A SECOND STATEMENT ABOUT IDIOMS IS THAT PARTS OF THE
HUMAN BODY HAVE SUGGESTED MANY OF THEM:
BURN ONE‘S FINGERS
ALL THUMBS STEP ON SOMEONE‘S TOES
FLY IN THE FACE OF RUB ELBOWS WITH
STAND ON ONE‘S OWN FEET GET ONE‘S BACK UP
KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER KEEP ONE‘S CHIN UP
KEEP ONE‘S EYES OPEN
Put your foot in your mouth – say or do the wrong thing
Keep one’s eye open
- To remain vigilant
for someone or
something.
To step on
someone’s feet - to
upset someone, esp.
by getting involved
in something that is
that person's
responsibility
A THIRD GENERALIZATION IS THAT HUNDREDS OF
IDIOMATIC PHRASES CONTAIN ADVERBS OR
PREPOSITIONS WITH OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
WALK OFF RUN DOWN GET THROUGH
WALK OVER RUN IN GET OFF
WALK-UP RUN OFF GET NOWHERE
RUN OUT
Walk off - to leave a place
because you are angry or
unhappy about something
Run off -
To chase someone
away with force or
the threat of force
or punishment.
OTHER EXAMPLES OF IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR MEANING :

TOP 20 AMERICAN IDIOMS AND

THEIR MEANING
 MIX AND MATCH
•MATCH THE GIVEN PHRASES INTO THE
MISSING WORD TO FORM AN IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSION.
 A B
1.A piece of the ice

2.break like a horse

3.Work tears

4.Rock my mind

5.Crocodile the boat

6.Read cake
 DRAW AN IDIOM
•DRAW AN ILLUSTRATION USING THE
GIVEN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION AND
INTERPRET ITS MEANING.
Break her heart

Zip your mouth

Apple of someone’s eyes

Copycat

Make mouth water

 ACT AN IDIOM
•THINK OF AT LEAST THREE IDIOMS AND
ACT THEM OUT IN A CLASS TO MAKE A
GUESS.
 SPOKEN WORD
• COMPOSE AT LEAST EIGHT-LINE SPOKEN
WORD USING THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS.
READ YOUR WORK IN THE CLASS.
 SING IT!
SING A SONG AND REPLACE THE LYRICS USING THE
GIVEN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS. (ANY SONG CAN
DO)
 EXERCISES : COMPLETE THE MISSING IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS IN THE GIVEN STATEMENT.
A. WRITE A PIECE OF CAKE, ODDS AND ENDS, PROS AND CONS OR UPS
AND DOWN IN THE BLANKS PROVIDED.
1. THE TEACHER ASKED US TO TALK ABOUT THE ___________ OF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
2. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUSINESS
.YOU KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS ___________ IN BUSINESS.
3. THE POLICE FOUND NOTHING SPECIAL IN THE HOUSE OF THE CRIMINAL
AS HE HAD TAKEN ALL THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS WITH HIM LEAVING
JUST _____________.
4. IF YOU THINK THAT DOING THIS MATH PROBLEM IS __________, JUST
TRY IT.
B. WRITE OCEAN, MUSIC, RAGS, COLD AND PIE IN THE BLANKS PROVIDED.

1. ALL THESE PROMISES THE POLITICIANS MAKE ARE JUST ____ IN THE SKY.
2. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY DONATED IS JUST A DROP IN THE
_____ COMPARED TO THE LARGE SUM OF MONEY NEEDED.
3. HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. HE WENT FROM ____ TO RICHES.
4. THEY HAD A DISPUTE YESTERDAY. THAT‗S WHY SHE GAVE HIM A ___
SHOULDER.
5. I HAD TO FACE THE ____ ALL BY MYSELF, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT THE
ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM.