List of Examples of Idiomatic Expressions
The following is a list of Idiomatic Expressions used in the English and American language:

• Back To Square One - To start again

• Ball and chain: To be burdened with a task that that cannot be left or abandoned

• Beat a dead horse: To engage in pointless and repetitive discussion.

• Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. - In a very difficult situation when any resolution will be unpleasant.

• Bushed - Tired, completely exhausted

• Caught With Your Pants Down - Found out!

• Can't see your nose in front of your face: Being oblivious to something obvious, in clear view.

• Crash: To go to sleep

• Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth - To reject something that has been freely given

• Elbow Grease - A great deal of effort

• Flea Market - An open-air market

• Get out of hand - A situation which has resulted in chaos

• Hit the hay: To go to bed

• In your face - An aggressive manner

• Junk Mail - Unsolicited communications

• Kick the bucket: To die

• Let sleeping dogs lie - Not to interfere

• Mum's the word - To keep a secret

• New kid on the block - A newcomer

• Over the hill: To be past your prime

• Prick up your ears - To listen intently

• Rub someone up the wrong way - To annoy someone

• Spinning a yarn: To lie or exaggerate

• Tie the knot - To get married

• Under the weather - Feeling ill

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able to do (something) blindfolded

- to be able to do something easily and quickly

The car was easy to fix and we were able to do it blindfolded.


above reproach

- to be not deserving of blame or criticism

The actions of the police officer were above reproach.


be all ears

- to listen eagerly and carefully

The boy was all ears when the teacher described the circus.


be off on the wrong foot

- to start something under bad circumstances

I tried to talk to my new neighbor but it seems that we are off on the wrong foot already.


bear in mind

- to consider that something is so

We have to bear in mind that the child is only three years old when he does something bad.


dead ahead

- to be directly ahead

There was a truck dead ahead so we put on the car brakes suddenly.


dead as a doornail

- to be very dead

The man was as dead as a doornail after the car accident.


feel at home

- to feel accepted, to feel as if you are at home

The woman always makes her guests feel at home.


yellow-bellied

- extremely timid, cowardly

He is a yellow-bellied person who is not good to have as a friend.


vanish into thin air

- disappear without leaving a trace

The university student vanished into thin air and was never seen again.

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REFLECTION

I just done my homework today..so happy but it's not chance for me to enjoy because my exam mid year is coming soon..I just don't forget that thing..yesterday when I arrived home,my sister just want to get back to Sri Iskandar..I little bit sad but it's okey..hurm I just think what I gonna do this holiday..I have 4 days left and I doesn't have any plan..=(

Plot Diagram

Plot Diagram

The Short Story
This PLOT DIAGRAM shows how the main events in a short story are organized into a plot.

In this activity you will find the main events in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Drag each event to the appropriate point on the plot diagram.

My Happiest Day (Oral test)

The happiest day of my life was when my father was given a clean bill of health.My father had not been feeling well for a few weeks.First, he thought it was something more.His headaches got stronger and lasted longer,his appetite deserted him
By the second week,he was admitted to the hospital,with that seemed like hundreds of tests being done on him.The next few days,had been worrisome as the doctors reviewed the test results and ordered new tests to be done based on their findings.They suspected a tumour was growing in his brain.We all knew how bad the outcome would be if this was true.
Finally on Friday,the 12th March,we received the good news.There was no tumour after all.The doctors found out that my father did not have enough of acertain chemical and taht taking two pills a day for controll his conditions.That was the happiest day of my life when I knew that my father was not suffering from a seniors medical ailment.