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What is an idiom?

1.

What is an idiom?
It’s a phrase which people use in
everyday language that do not
make sense literally, but we
understand what it means.

2.

Match the idiom with its meaning
1.Break a leg!
2. the apple of one’s eye
3. when pigs fly
4. to walk a mile in my shoes
5. to count one’s chickens
before they hatch
6. It’s raining cats and dogs
7. quick and dirty
8. rat race
9. not your cup of tea
10. to take the cake
a. льет как из ведра
b. превзойти всех
c. это не твоя стихия
d.дешево и сердито
e. алмаз души моей
f. крысиные бега
g. ни пуха ни пера!
h. побудь в моей шкуре
j. когда рак на горе свиснет
k. цыплят по осени считают

3.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
A
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

4.

Match the idiom with the picture
B
1. on cloud nine
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

5.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
C
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

6.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
D
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

7.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
E
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

8.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
F
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

9.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
G
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

10.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
I
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

11.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
J
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

12.

Match the idiom with the picture
1. on cloud nine
K
2. walk on the air
3. down in the mouth
4. have a face like a wet
weekend
5. your heart sinks
6. busy as a bee
7. every cloud has a silver linen
8. bad/rotten egg
9. apple pie order
10. as easy as an apple pie

13.

Explain the meanings of the following idioms in
Russian
1. Ants in one’s pants
2. Cat nap
3. Copy cat
4. Chicken out
5. Bring home the bacon
6. Nest egg
7. Go Dutch
8. Cheapskate

14.

Explain the meanings of the following idioms
1. Butter someone up
2. Cheesy
3. Cool as a cucumber
4. Don’t cry over spilled
milk
5. All ears
6. Cold feet
7. Skeleton in the closet
8. Cost an arm and a leg

15.

Make up sentences with these idioms
1. To have the blues
2. To catch someone redhanded
3. To eat like a horse
4. A wolf in sheep’s
clothing
5. Egg head
6. Big cheese
7. Couch potato
8. Tough cookie
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