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80 minutes

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Lesson 20. A wide range of idiomatic expressions

Module:	Vocabulary
Topic:	A wide range of idiomatic expressions
Time:	80 minutes
Aims Materials Aids	to analyse idiomatic expressions and their use; to develop practical understanding of key terms 1. John Wright (2002). Idioms Organiser. 2. McCarthy, M. and O’Dell, F (2004). English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-intermediate and advanced. Cambridge: CUP Text-books. charts, laptop with speakers, handouts

Lead-in (5 min.): Teacher asks the questions:

1. What is idiom?

2. What idiomatic expressions are there in English?

3. Give examples for idiomatic expressions and their meaning.

Handout 1. Idioms in English

All idiom is an expression with the following features:

1. It is fixed and is recognised by native speakers. You cannot make up your own!

2. It uses language in a non-literal - metaphorical - way.

The following are examples:

1. Tin up to my eyes in work at the moment.

2. At the meeting I felt a bit out of my depth.

3. I was over the moon when I heard she'd had twins!

4. It broke my mother's heart to see her home burn to the ground.

If you are up to your eyes, you are very busy. If you are out of your depth, you might

be in the sea. but you are more likely to be in a situation which you do not understand
for some reason. Ifyou are over the moon, you are extremely happy about something.
If something breaks your heart, you are veiy sad about it.

In these examples it is clear that the idiom is a whole expression. This is the traditional

view of idioms. But there is a lot more language which is idiomatic. For example, there
are lots of individual words with idiomatic uses. Here are more examples: