Learning Activity 1

Evidencie: A World of imagen

Name: Katherine Delgado Garrido

Idiom: Examples:

Can't judge a book by its cover
Definitions:
• You cannot know what
something or someone is like
by looking only at that person
or thing's appearance
 The man did not look very intelligent, but you can’t
judge a book by its cover.
 Do not form opinions of a persons character by looking
at his appearance. You can’t judge a book by its cover.
In Colombian spanish:

No debes jusgar un libro por su portada

Idiom: Examples:

A piece of cake  Her picture's in the papers now, And life's a piece of
cake.
Definitions:  The English test was a piece of cake

 Something is very easy In Colombian spanish:

 An activity that requires Esto es pan comido.

little effort to finish; a job
that's simple; easy.
Idiom: Examples:

Curiosity killed the cat.  He started asking too many questions of his neighbours
about their whereabouts during the weekend, they
Definitions: warned him that curiosity killed the cat.

Being Inquisitive can lead you  Joe was very curious about where Sarah was getting all
into an unpleasant situation. her money from, but all she said was that curiosity killed
the cat.

In Colombian spanish:

La curiosidad mato al gato.

Idiom: Examples:

Taste of your own medicine
Definitions:
Means that something happens to
you, or is done to you, that you
have done to someone else
 I don’t feel at all sorry that people are calling you
names. You’re getting a taste of your own medicine.
 I'm tired of him always finding faults with me. I'm going
to give him ataste of his own medicine.
In Colombian spanish:

Una prueba de su propia medicina.

Idiom: Examples:

Get out of hand  The party got out of hand and the guests started to
throw bottles at each other.
Definitions:
 The football match got out of hand.
 When you lose control of
things
 Something that In Colombian spanish:
become imposible to
control any longer Se salio de las manos..
 Idiom: Examples:

Hit on the nail  You’ve found the problem, so You hit the nail on the
head.

Definitions:  Carlos hit the nail on the head when he got the result of
the football match
Aggressive, assertive, unyielding.

find the exact answer

In Colombian spanish:

Dar en el clavo.
Idiom: Examples:

 Between the sword and the 1. Sebastian is between the sword and the wall, to
Wall. go between the soccer game or visit her favorite
aunt.
Definitions:
2. Mariana is between the sword the wall to
 Having to choose between choose between engineering and medicine to enter
two things the university.

In Colombian spanish:

Entre la espada y la pared.