American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun (ESL Series)

181 Pages·1999·2.67 MB·English

by  Edward Swick

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American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun
AnESL MeaningandUsageWorkbook
—Contains BothPracticeExercises andTests—
by
Edward Swick

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Copyright©1999 by Edward Swick
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means, orincorporated into any information retrievalsystem, electronic ormechanical, without the written
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International Standard Book No. 0-7641-0807-7
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 98-25562
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Swick, Edward.
American idioms and some phrases just for fun / Edward Swick.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7641-0807-7
1. English language—Textbooks for foreign speakers. 2. English language—United
States—Idioms—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. English language—Terms and phrases—
Problems, exercises, etc. 4. Americanisms—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title.
PE1128.S977 1998
428.2'4—dc21 98-25562
CIP
Printedinthe United StatesofAmerica
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TableofContents
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Section One
Idiomsand Phrases Justfor Fun
PageNumber
for Idiom or Page Number
IdiomaticWordorPhrase Phrase for Exercise
About 1 27
Abroad/To Go Abroad 1 27
To Be Afraid 1 28
AllofaSudden 1 28
AllOver 2 29
Not AllThere 2 29
To Answer (Door/Phone) 2 30
To Be Aware(Of) 2 30
To Geton the Ball 2 31
To MakeaBeeline For 3 31
On BehalfOf/On Someone'sBehalf 3 32
To BetOne'sBottom Dollar 3 33
Better 3 33
To Have the Blues/To Be Blue 4 34
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To Have aBone toPickwithSomeone 4 35
To Break Down 4 36
To Break the Ice 4 36
A BreathofFreshAir 4 37
Under One'sBreath 5 37
To Brushup On 5 38
To Butt In 5 39
Bythe Way 5 39
A Card 6 40
To Catch(aVehicle) 6 40
To CatchOn 6 41
A Chipoff the Old Block 6 42
A Cock-and-Bull Story 6 42
To Comeacross As 7 43
To ComeTo 7 43
To CometoKnow(Someone) 7 44
To Cope With 7 44
Cut-and-Dried 8 45
To CutaClass 8 45
To Date(Someone) 8 46
To Be up toDate/Out ofDate 8 47
To DieAway 8 47
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To Do Without 8 48
IWouldn'tDreamofIt 9 48

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To EatOne'sOwn Words 9 48
To Keep an EyeOn 9 49
Face toFace 9 49
To Fall inLove/To Be inLove 10 50
In the FamilyWay 10 51
To Be Fed up With 10 51
To FeelLike 10 52
To Fire (Someone) 10 52
Fishy 11 53
Fit As aFiddle 11 53
To Footthe Bill 11 54
To GetIt 11 54
To Getat (Something) 12 55
To GetoverSomeone/Something 12 55
The Gift ofGab 12 56
On the Go 12 56
To Go againstOne'sGrain 12 57
To Go tothe Dogs 13 57
WithaGrainofSalt 13 58
To GuessSo 13 58
To LendaHand 13 59
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To Happen (To Know/To Be/To Do) 13 59
To Hitchhike/Hitchhiker/Hitchhiking 14 59
To Hold One'sTongue 14 60
Hot Air 14 60
To Be inHot Water 15 60
HowAbout? 15 61
To Be Ill at Ease 15 61
To Jump toConclusions 15 62
To Keep aStiffUpper Lip 15 62
To Keep inMind 15 63
To Keep inTouch (With) 16 63
On the Level 16 64
To Be LiableTo 16 64
To LookForward To 16 65
LookOut! 17 65
To Lose One'sTemper 17 65
To Have aLump inOne'sThroat 17 66
To MakeBelieve 17 66
To MakeOneself at Home 17 67
To Mind 17 67
To MakeSomeone'sMouth Water/Someone'sMouth
Waters 18 68
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Or So 18 69
Out ofthe Question 19 69
To PassAway 19 70
To Pay aCall On/To Pay Someone aCall 19 70
To GiveSomeone aPiece ofOne'sMind 19 70
To PokeFun At/To MakeFun Of 19 71
To Pull Oneself Together 19 72
To Puton Airs 20 72
To Putup With 20 73
Red Tape 20 73
Right Away 20 74
To Knowthe Ropes 21 74
To Run outOf 21 75
From Scratch 21 75
To SeeEyetoEye 21 76
To ShowOff 21 76
To Be SickOf 21 77
To Spend (Time) 22 77
A Stone'sThrow 22 78
A Swelled Head 22 78
To Take After 22 79
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On the TipofOne'sTongue 23 79
To Have aSweet Tooth 23 79
Topsy-Turvy 23 80
To TwistaroundOne'sLittleFinger 23 80
WellOff 23 80
What on Earth? 23 81
A LittleWhiteLie 24 82

Phrases Just for Fun
AllThat 3
To HangoutWith 5
Hot 7
To Kickthe Bucket 9
Man! 11
To Paint the TownRed 14
To Pull Someone'sLeg 16
To RainCatsand Dogs 18
Scatterbrained 20
ManyHappyReturns ofthe Day 22
To Be Born withaSilverSpoon inOne'sMouth 24
Six ofOne andHalfaDozen ofthe Other 25
Stick-in-the-Mud 25
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