Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

Do all idioms have the same meaning? 

• Yes

• No.

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What does idiom provide in expressing thoughts?

• Creativity

• The literal meaning of the phrase

• Direct message

• Nothing

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This is a picture of the creator and inventor of idioms. Who is he?

• Isaac Newton

• William Shakespeare

• Albert Einstein

• Sigmund Freud

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After gaining knowledge from our lesson. What is your most favourite idiomatic expression? Provide its meaning

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Words ,phrase or expressions that cannot be taken literally?

• idioms

• synonyms

• root word

• prefix

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An idiom is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative meaning.

• True

• False

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The test was just a piece of cake. The underlined phrase is an example of:

• Colloquial Words

• Idiomatic Expressions

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If you speak/talk of the devil,

• the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears.

• you talk directly about a hot issue.

• you say something bad about someone.

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If something is a hot potato,

• it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it.

• it is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it.

• it is an unfair competition where one side has an advantage.

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If you feel under the weather,

• you feel sad.

• you feel frustrated.

• you feel ill.

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