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Idioms, Proverbs, and Metaphor
1.
IDIOMS
An idiom (also called idiomatic
expression) is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning
conventionally understood by native speakers. This meaning is different from
the literal meaning of the idiom's individual elements. In other words, idioms
don't mean exactly what the words say. They have, however, hidden meaning.
1. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The
Bush:
Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
2. A Blessing In Disguise:
Something good that isn't recognized at first.
Something good that isn't recognized at first.
3. A Chip On Your Shoulder:
Being upset for something that happened in the past.
Being upset for something that happened in the past.
4. A Dime A Dozen:
Anything that is common and easy to get.
Anything that is common and easy to get.
5. A Doubting Thomas:
A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.
A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.
6. Barking Up The Wrong Tree:
A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.
A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.
7. Beat A Dead Horse:
To force an issue that has already ended.
To force an issue that has already ended.
8. Between A Rock And A Hard Place:
Stuck between two very bad options.
Stuck between two very bad options.
9. Bite Off More Than You Can Chew:
To take on a task that is way to big.
To take on a task that is way to big.
10. Bite Your Tongue:
To avoid talking.
To avoid talking.
11. Chip on his Shoulder:
Angry today about something that occured in the past.
Angry today about something that occured in the past.
12. Cock and Bull Story:
An unbelievable tale.
An unbelievable tale.
13. Come Hell Or High Water:
Any difficult situation or obstacle.
Any difficult situation or obstacle.
14. Crack Someone Up:
To make someone laugh.
To make someone laugh.
15. Cross Your Fingers:
To hope that something happens the way you want it to.
To hope that something happens the way you want it to.
16. Dog Days of Summer:
The hottest days of the summer season.
The hottest days of the summer season.
17. Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining:
Be optomistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
Be optomistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
18. Feeding Frenzy:
An aggressive attack on someone by a group.
An aggressive attack on someone by a group.
19. Field Day:
An enjoyable day or circumstance.
An enjoyable day or circumstance.
20. Finger lickin' good:
A very tasty food or meal.
A very tasty food or meal.
2. PROVERBS
A proverb (from Latin:
proverbium) is a
simple and concrete saying,
popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or
the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical.
A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim.
Proverbs
are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down
to the present through more than one language. Both the Bible (including, but
not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by
the work of Erasmus)
have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe,
although almost every culture has examples of its own.
1. Between the devil and the deep sea
To choose
between two equally bad alternatives in a serious dilemma.
2. Where there's a will there's a way
When a
person really wants to do something, he will find a way of doing it.
3. A burnt child dreads fire
A bad
experience or a horrifying incident may scar one's attitude or thinking
for a
lifetime.
4. First come, first served
The first
in line will be attended to first.
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed
A friend
who helps when one is in trouble is a real friend.
6. Great talkers are little doers
Those
people who talk a lot and are always teaching others usually do not do much
work.
7. An idle brain is the devil's workshop
One who
has nothing to do will be tempted to do many mischievous acts.
8. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
It is
better to be careful and discrete than to be clever.
9. Faint heart never won fair lady
To
succeed in life one must have the courage to pursue what he wants.
10. Better late than never
To do
something that is right, profitable, or good a little late is still better than
not doing it at all.
11. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Something
that one already has is better than going after something seemingly more
worthwhile that one may not be able to get.
12. Birds of a feather flock together
People of
the same sort of character or belief always go together.
13. A great talker is a great liar
A smooth
and persuasive talker may be a good liar.
14. Any time means no time
When an
event is not decided on or planned earlier it will never take place.
15.
Two wrongs don't
make a right.
When
someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make
things worse.
16.
The pen is mightier
than the sword."
Trying to
convince people with ideas and words is more effective than trying to force
people to do what you want.
17.
No man is an
island.
You can't
live completely independently. Everyone needs help from other people.
18.
Fortune favors the
bold."
People
who bravely go after what they want are more successful than people who try to
live safely.
19.
Birds of a feather
flock together.
People
like to spend time with others who are similar to them.
20. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
"If you have an enemy, pretend to
be friends with them instead of openly fighting with them. That way you can
watch them carefully and figure out what they're planning.
3. METAPHOR
A metaphor,
as defined in our glossary,
is a figure of
speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike
things that actually have something important in common. The word metaphor
itself is a metaphor, coming from a Greek word meaning to "transfer"
or "carry across." Metaphors "carry" meaning from one word,
image, or idea
to another.
1.
A heart of stone
2. Reality
is an enemy
3. He has
the heart of a lion
4. You are
the sun in my sky
5. Ideas are
water
6. You are
the light in my life
7. Strong as
an ox
8. His hair
was bone white
9. It's
raining men
10. Ideas are
wings
11.Her eyes are jewels sparkling in
the sun.
12. My life is a dream
13. I am a
rainbow
14. Time is
money
15. Boiling
mad
16. Frozen
with fear
17. For me,
time is money.
18. Her home
was a prison.
19. Your love
is an ocean
20. I love
you like a love song
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