An idiom is a combination of words that has a meaning that is different from the meanings of the individual words themselves. It can have a literal meaning in one situation and a different idiomatic meaning in another situation. It is a phrase which does not always follow the normal rules of meaning and grammar.
Exercise 1.1
Directions: Choose the correct lexicalized meaning of the expression from the four options:
1. To end in smoke
a. Smoking too many cigarettes
b. Face failure
c. House burnt down
d. Religious ceremony
2. To get into hot water
a. Bathe in the winter months
b. To get rich
c. To get healthy
d. To get into trouble
3. To make ends meet
a. A short story
b. To skip classes
c. To earn enough to live
d. To be an expert
4. Bolt from the blue
a. Sudden shock
b. To loose a tight game
c. To get punched
d. To ask for help
5. To burn the candle at both ends
a. To argue endlessly
b. to work long hours
c. Long power cut
d. to have a good time
6. to bury the hatchet
a. to end enmity
b. to hide stolen treasure
c. To kill someone
d. To over exert
7. To spill the beans
a. To eat clumsy
b. To reveal a secret
c. To get exhausted
d. To fight
8. To lead someone up the garden path
a. To give directions
b. To mislead someone
c. To show beautiful place
d. To exaggerate
9. to weather a storm
a. to criticize someone
b. To be introvert
c. To survive a crisis
d. To guess correctly
10. To bite one'slip
a. To be unsure
b. To not react despite being angry
c. to feel sorry at someone's plight
d. To laugh at someone's misfortune
Exercise 1.2
Directions: Choose an idiom to replace the expression in parenthesis.
1. When we arrive at the scene of the car accident, he driver was (near death)
a. Hanging out his shingle
b. Drawing blood
c. At death's door
d. Going under the knife
2. After walking home in the rain I (became sick with) a cold.
a. Broke out in
b. Came down with
c. Took a turn for the worse with
d. Blacked out with
3. My father is (healthy again) after his recent illness.
a. Back on his feet
b. Under the weather
c. Breathing his last.
d. Having a physical
4. Our secretary has been working too hard and is (getting into poor condition).
a. Over the worst
b. Getting a splitting headache
c. Back on her feet
d. Becoming run down
5. Although the man was very sick, I think that he will (recover).
a. Run a temperature
b. Throw up
c. Pull through
d. Flare up
6. I went to the doctor last week and (got a medical check up).
a. Run a temperature
b. Had a physical
c. Felt on top of the world
d. went under the knife
7. After eating the sea food at the food court the man began to (vomit)
a. Throw up
b. Pull through
c. Flare up
d. Break out
8. The man was forced to (go to a psychiatrist) after he killed the two women.
a. Go to a head shrinker
b. Go under the knife
c. Breath his last
d. Pull through
9. The trainer was quickly able to (restore to consciousness) the boxer who had fainted and fallen to the floor.
a. Throw up
b. Pull through
c. Bring to
d. Black out
10. Last night my grandmother (became sicker)
a. Went under the knife
b. Felt on top of the world
c. Breathed her last
d. Took a turn for the worse.
Exercise 1.3
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct idioms:
put on zip up
take off unzip
button up fold (up)
unbotton put down
put in pick up take out put away
1. Stop writing for a minute. ________ your pencil and look at me.
2. I think Jane is hiding something. She had something in her hand then she ________ it her pocket. Now her hand is empty.
3. Oops! I accidentally dropped my pencil. There it is. Can you ________ it ________ and give it to me?
4. I slept too long this morning. I did not have time to ________ my make up.
5. If you think it is too hot, why don't you ________ your the sweaters?
6. Oh no! lost a button. Now I cannot ________ my coat all the way.
7. If you have finished with the sewing machine, you should ________ it ________.
8. It is cold outside. make sure you ________ your parka.
9. Can you help me ________ Theses blankets so I can put them back in the closet?
10. I want to take off my coat, but the zipper is stuck. Maybe you can hlp me ________ it.
Reference
English, Communication Arts I (Conversational Approach) pp. 47-82
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