idioms

[Gość: Lady B]

I'm looking for some funny, useful idioms that I could use in teaching the
intermediate level students

[Gość: Chris S.]

Gość portalu: Lady B napisał(a):

> I'm looking for some funny, useful idioms that I could use in teaching the
> intermediate level students
"Call me up,we'll chew the fat" ; "I've been living in the red." ; "She's
bought drinks for everybody- is she running in the black,lately?"
Few examples from my neighborhood.If you need translations let me know.

[Gość: Lady B]

Thanks a lot for all your help.
..........I would be grateful if you could give me some context (translation?)
for the idioms you've suggested

[zegar4]

Just because she's popular she looks down her nose at us.

When people grow old, do they lose their marbles?

No matter how you slice it, we have to hire more help.

Archie's on the throne. He'll be down in a few minutes.

At the banquet, remember your manners. Watch your P's and
Q's.

He'll have to pull up his socks in math - if he wants to
pass.

If you speak the truth, you will often put your foot in
your mouth.

My dad was a great doctor, but I don't want to ride his
coattails.

Sometimes I think he has a screw loose – look, he eats
paper again.

Father knew I was tricking him. He said, "Something is
rotten in the state of Denmark."

Our methods are not working. We need different,
innovative ideas - we need to think outside the box.

If anyone in your audience asks a question about
religion, don't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

Mr. Tse will go through the roof when he sees all these
mistakes.

I have to get this monkey off my back. I have to stop
gambling.

He left me holding the bag. I had to finish the work by
myself.

The Buick is nice, but it can't hold a candle to the
Cadillac.

My cousin and I were bitten by the same bug. We collect
coins.

[Gość: kidslayer]

good student, u dont seem 2 have missed any of the Vocabularyu Study classes. Maxi Kaz (u know who
i'm talking about, don't u?) would be proud of you.

How about more topical ones:

Although George Bush seems to be a bit quick on the trigger, Chirac tends to sit on the fence (or: assist
in the French way).

A miltary operation like the one planned against Iraq needs to be shipshape and Bristol fashion [how
dated!] in order to succed.

Saddam tends to blow his own trumpet when boasting about his military power, so the war will be a
piece of cake for the Yankees.

As for the French, they wouldn't say "boo" to a goose.

Best regards,

kidslayer

[tynski]

Beeotch.i.t. or just a boofaloo? Ba.

[zegar4]

tynski napisała:

> Beeotch.i.t. or just a boofaloo? Ba.

both.
i.t. for shizzle.
the jig is up, he's snafu.
popper shooting his pie hole.

[Gość: Chris S.]

Gość portalu: Lady B napisał(a):

> I'm looking for some funny, useful idioms that I could use in teaching the
> intermediate level students
Why just idioms?Have a look at some funny stuff-this is called Steven Wright
Gems.If you are not familiar with the work of Steven Wright,he is the guy who
once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen.....and
replaced by exact duplicates."
Here are some more of his
gems: "I'd kill for a Nobel
Peace Prize." "99%of lawyers give the rest a bad name." "I almost had a
psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." "Borrow money from
pessimists-they don't expect it back." "All those who believe in
psychkinesis,raise my hand."

[butter_fly]

Gość portalu: Chris S. napisał(a):

> Gość portalu: Lady B napisał(a):
>
> > I'm looking for some funny, useful idioms that I could use in teaching the
>
> > intermediate level students
> Why just idioms?Have a look at some funny stuff-this is called Steven Wright
> Gems.If you are not familiar with the work of Steven Wright,he is the guy who
> once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen.....and
> replaced by exact
duplicates."
> Here are some more of his
> gems: "I'd kill for a Nobel
> Peace Prize." "99%of lawyers give the rest a bad name." "I almost had a
> psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." "Borrow money from
> pessimists-they don't expect it back." "All those who believe in
> psychkinesis,raise my hand."


Right you are Chris S. That was good.
How about some Golwynisms?
-I'll give you a definite maybe.
-Include me out
-Don't talk to me when I'm interrupting.
-In two words: im-possible!
-A bachelor's life is no life for a single man
-We'd do anything for each other. We'd even cut each other's throats for each
other.
-When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.
-If I could drop dead right now, I would be the happiest man alive!
-I may not always be right, but I'm never wrong.
-Anybody who goes to psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.