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UEPAs English Seminar Part II
Idioms and Sayingsin everyday language
Prof. MSc. Sdie MorhyMay, 20!el"m, PA
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What are idioms?
Idioms are #ords, $hrases, or e%$ressions that areeither
grammatically &n&s&al, as in, '(ong time, nosee)*, or
their meaning cannot +e taen literally, asin, 'It-s raining cats
and dogs)* his e%$ression does
not mean that cats and dogs are falling from thesy, +&t it
is a meta$horical e%$ression /#ord$ict&re that means that it is
raining 1ery hea1ily.
E1ery lang&age contains idioms and e%$ressions,and American
English is no dierent. 3ati1eAmerican English s$eaers &se
idioms ande%$ressions all day long in e1ery s$eaing
sit&ationand don-t e1en reali4e it.
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!eca&se idioms are so m&ch a $art of thelang&age,
they are a&tomatic.
6hile nati1e American English s$eaers feel7&ite at home
hearing idioms and &sing them,idioms can +e a challenge for
anyone #hos$eas English as a second lang&age. Sim$le
#ords yo& may no# are s&ddenly $&t togetherin $hases
that mean something com$letelydierent from their literal
translation)
Many idioms can +e gro&$ed together in termsof the ty$es of
#ords or categories &sed tocreate them. 8or e%am$le, some 1ery
commonidioms incl&de 9food9 #ords, others incl&de
'colors*.
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WHY SHOULD YOU LEA! E!"LISHIDIO#S?
Idioms are an im$ortant $art of everylang&age. herefore, as
a lang&age
learner, no#ing idioms is &sef&l in atleast t#o #ays: he
more idioms yo& no#, the more
nati1e;lie yo&r lang&age #ill so&nd
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$OLO IDIO#S
Whatdocolorsmean
in English?
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!(A=> %lac& shee'(the odd or +ad mem+er of the gro&$.
Eg: My
oldest brother was the black sheepin our family. He droppedout
of school at fteen.
%lac& mar&et(illegal trade. Eg: You can change dollars
for amuch higher rate on the black market.
on the %lac& list(+e on a list of '&ndesira+les*. Eg: We
won'tbe inited to their party this year ! we're on their black
list.
give someone a %lac& loo&( to loo at someone as if
yo& areangry. Eg: Why is he giing me such a black look"
)lac&mail: to e%tort?tae money from someone +y threats
to
di1&lge. Eg: #he guy was blackmailing me. He wanted
somemoney in e$change of his silence. %lac&*tie event+a,air: a
formal e1ent #here g&ests #ear
semi;formal clothes #ith men #earing +lac +o# ties
#itht&%edos or dinner @acets. Eg. : We must wear black tie for
ourthe %raduation
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BEE3 green -ith envy: 1ery @ealo&s. Eg: & am
green with envyoer ulio's newwardrobe.
having a green thum% ; . a+le to mae
$lants gro# #ell. Eg: You can tell by her(ower garden that
)heila has a greenthumb.
grass is al-ays greener on the otherside(yo& al#ays #ant
#hat yo& don-t ha1e
