Idiomatic Expressions
1. To kick the bucket
2. Bring home the bacon
3. After one's own heart
4. Bark up the wrong tree
5. To add fuel to fire
6 . Brownie point
7. A little bird told me
8. A few sandwiches short of a
picnic
9. Kettle of fish
10. Can of worms
Abuyuan Jelyca R.
BSA 2-4D
Meaning
to die.
to earn a living and make money
for your family to live on.
having the same ideas,
preferences or behaviours as
oneself.
to take the wrong approach to
something or follow a false lead.
to make a situation worse.
credit or praise for good work or
a good deed.
information gained from
someone who you are not going
to name.
mad, not sane.
a situation different or
alternative to some other
situation, but not necessary
unfavourable.
a complex, troublesome
situation arising when a decision
or action produces considerable
subsequent problems.
Sentence
'I heard the mafia boss had
kicked the bucket.'
'Women these days not only
take care of the household but
also bring home the bacon'.
'You like dunking rich tea biscuits
too, a man after my own heart'.
'If you think you will get him to
change his mind just by asking
nicely you are barking up the
wrong tree'.
'First he dropped the pot plant,
then adding fuel to the fire he
trod on it'.
'You'll get brownie points with
your girlfriend for buying her
flowers'.
'Let's just say I know about it
because a little bird told me'.
'He talks to himself, I think he's a
few sandwiches short of a
picnic'.
'Oh, you mean knitting a jumper,
well that's a different kettle of
fish entirely'.
'If you promote him to captain of
the football team when he is not
suitable, this could open a can of
worms with the other players'.
Idiomatic Expressions
1. To kick the bucket
2. Bring home the bacon
3. After one's own heart
4. Bark up the wrong tree
5. To add fuel to fire
6 . Brownie point
7. A little bird told me
8. A few sandwiches short of a
picnic
9. Kettle of fish
10. Can of worms
11.
Meaning
to die.
to earn a living and make money
for your family to live on.
having the same ideas,
preferences or behaviours as
oneself.
to take the wrong approach to
something or follow a false lead.
to make a situation worse.
credit or praise for good work or
a good deed.
information gained from
someone who you are not going
to name.
mad, not sane.
a situation different or
alternative to some other
situation, but not necessary
unfavourable.
a complex, troublesome
situation arising when a decision
or action produces considerable
subsequent problems.
Sentence
'I heard the mafia boss had
kicked the bucket.'
'Women these days not only
take care of the household but
also bring home the bacon'.
'You like dunking rich tea biscuits
too, a man after my own heart'.
'If you think you will get him to
change his mind just by asking
nicely you are barking up the
wrong tree'.
'First he dropped the pot plant,
then adding fuel to the fire he
trod on it'.
'You'll get brownie points with
your girlfriend for buying her
flowers'.
'Let's just say I know about it
because a little bird told me'.
'He talks to himself, I think he's a
few sandwiches short of a
picnic'.
'Oh, you mean knitting a jumper,
well that's a different kettle of
fish entirely'.
'If you promote him to captain of
the football team when he is not
suitable, this could open a can of
worms with the other players'.