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Idioms presentation
Professor Todd windisch
Esl
Level 6
Evangelina
Joss
Rocio
Our Idioms
idioms
Wear the pants
Example:
She wears the pants in their family.
Definition:
• Verb.
• Be the boss of a family
Pass the buck
Example:
Nobody is claiming responsibility for
their actions. They are all passing
the buck.
Definition:
• verb.
• to blame someone or make
them responsible for a problem
that you should deal with
Weigh one’s word
Example:
also (weigh each word)
Definition:
• Verb
• to carefully think about everything
you are going to say before you
say it
• To be careful what you say in front
of him
He gave evidence to
the court, weighing each word as
he spoke.
Out of line
Example:
Step out of line one
more time Peters, and you're fired!
You can disagree with her, but calling
her dishonest was out of line.
Definition:
Adj.
to behave in a way that
is unacceptable or not expected.
Not usual, incorrect, unacceptable
In black and white
Definition:
• Adj.
• [of an agreement, contract, or
statement] official, in writing or
printing.
• written down
Example
• I have it in black and
white that I'm entitled to three week
s of vacation each year.
• I wouldn't have believed him capab
le of fraud, but there it was, in blac
k and white.
Botch up
Definition:
• Verb,
• To make a big mistake;
• to mess something up;
• to do a bad job of something.
Example
• You really botched this up. I did
not botch up your project.
• You've botched up that job and y
ou'll have to start all overagain.
• I won't try painting the chairs—
I would just botch them up.
conversation
J: Hi, honey, why are you standing here with a bottle water on your head?
E: Daddy, it is mommy that made me stand.
J: What's happened? Did you do something out of line?
E: No, please trust me. I just shredded pieces of paper. Daddy, could you
help me? I want to take a break.
J: Poor girl, you should know that your mommy wears the pants in our
family, so I can do nothing.
R: Mr Joss, you had better weigh your word, understand?
E: Papa!
J: Dear, please forgive her, just pieces of paper. Don't you think you are
too serious?
R: Are you kidding? Paper? She botched up all my files that are very
important to me and she wanted pass the buck to our dog. Never touch
my files, it is in black and white!
Thank you