Learning activity 1

Evidence: A world of images

In this evidence, you have to create at least seven mnemonic cards that will
help you remember the meaning of seven idioms in English. You should include
a drawing representing the idiom, two examples, and the corresponding
translation into Colombian Spanish (if possible).

Idiom: Examples:

To be understood, you must explain. 1. The interlocutor wants to make the other person
understand that he is talking about more or that he
Definitions: already understood.

 A smart person does not need an 2. Can someone say, "How do I explain the problems we
explanation. are having?" "A good connoisseur, few words.”
 You must be too detailed to
understand what you are being In Colombian spanish:
told.
Para un buen entendedor, pocas palabras
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Idiom: Examples:

A hot potato. 1. Albert shouldn`t celebrate a goal in the opposite

Definitions:
 It is problem or situation, that is
difficult to deal with and causes a
lot of disagreement
 Nobody wanted to deal with the
matter.
team player, neither should I.
2. When you have to mediate between to fighters
Paula hasn`t mediate between Laura and Erika,
Natalia hasn`t either
In Colombian spanish:
Una papa caliente
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Idiom: Examples:

1. Do not open my eyes that I am You want me to help you do things, tell me the good way,
not going to put drops don't open my eyes that I'm not going to give you drops

Definitions: In Colombian spanish:

 This Colombian phrase is typical Ponerse de mal genio por hacer alguna labor
of mothers who send a warning to
their children when they open their
eyes in Disapproval. It is also an
alert for the little ones who are
being disobedient.

 It is used when young people are

given an order and do not want to
comply.
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Idiom: Examples:

. 1. Since the excuses were made,  I had to be at that meeting, but I was late…..
everyone looks good Yes, of course since the excuses were
made, everyone looks fine.
Definitions:
 Everyone uses excuses for not In Colombian spanish:
taking responsabily for their
mistakes. Poner excusas para cualquier eror
 Human beings got used to
giving an excuse, when they
were late, when they did not
meet the results, and the boys
when they did not comply at
school.
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Idiom: Examples:

1. Old cat, cute mouse. I have an age difference with my wife, who is 17
years old----- Yes, is it many years?---- NO….. Old
Definitions:
cat, cute mouse.
It is used a lot to refer to couples where
there is a lot of age difference between In Colombian spanish:
the man and the woman.
Another meaning could be when it refers A gato viejo, ratón tierno
to the fact that the old cat has more
experience and therefore hunts more
tender young mice instead of old mice.
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Idiom: Examples:

.1. The soup falls from the plate  I only needed to sig the contact, but an
to the mouth. occupational examination went wrong, and
they rejected me at work,
Definitions:  I shouldn`t have trusted myself since the
soup falls from the plate to the mouth.
 This saying tells us never to
trust ourselves, not even In Colombian spanish:
when we are about to
achieve what we wanted Del plato a la boca se cae la sopa.
because at the last moment
everything can go wrong in
the face of an unforeseen
event.
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Idiom: Examples:
Sometimes It is better to speak little and let the acts speak
1. He who speaks little… says a lot for themselves. People who speak a lot tend to leave things
incomplete and invent situations to be accepted.
Definitions:
In Colombian spanish:
 It is the antonym of the saying
“he who talk a lot little squeezes”. El que mucho habla poco hace.
It tells us that people who are not
very talkative generally work
more.
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