Literary Idioms

What is an idiom?

• A phrase with a literal meaning

• A type of grammar rule

• An expression with a figurative meaning

She's so out of touch with reality that I feel like she's living in ...

• a ship that passes through the night

• a castle in the air

• an ivory tower

• Aladdin's cave

He felt like his experience at university was as dreadful as ...

• an albatross around your neck

• a storm in a teacup

• a ship that passes the night

• a Catch-22 situation

The shop assistant felt like a ... because of the constantly demanding nagging customer.

• mad hatter

• Man Friday

• Prince Charming

I've never seen anyone

as abrupt as my professor,

he's just always calling _ _____ _ _____.

When you start out your career you need experience to get a job,

but you can't get a job without experience - a real ____.

What's a synonym for the following sentence:

You should go the whole hog if you want to advance further in your career.

• To advance further in your career, you need to go all in.

• To advance further in your career, you need to make changes.

• If you want better job prospects, you need to learn.

Which idiom do you associate with the picture?

Use the idiomatic expression Jekyll and Hyde in a sentence.

What do you imagine when you hear the idiom "tempest in a teacup"?