Task1

Guess the English idiom from the given meanings. (10 mins)

1) To waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding:

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2) To become extremely angry:

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3) To make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem:

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4) Said to tell someone that they must improve their performance or behavior or
they will have to leave:
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5) Embarrassed or angry about something:

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6) Used to say that doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in
time, effort, material, etc.:
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7) To be very healthy and strong:

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8) To reach the expected or necessary standard:

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9) To be in a very difficult situation and to have make a hard decision:

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10)If someone successfully deals with a very difficult problem:

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Task 2
Match the meanings into their corresponding idiom. (5 mins)
a. Beat a dead horse f. haste makes waste
b. hit the roof g. Be (as) fit as a fiddle
c. make a mountain out of a h. Cut the mustard
molehill
d. shape up or ship out i. be (caught) between a rock and a
hard place
e. hot under the collar j. weather the storm

1) To make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem

2) To reach the expected or necessary standard

3) Embarrassed or angry about something

4) To waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding

5) To be in a very difficult situation and to have make a hard decision

6) To become extremely angry

7) Used to say that doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time,
effort, material, etc.

8) If someone successfully deals with a very difficult problem

9) To be very healthy and strong

10) Said to tell someone that they must improve their performance or behavior or
they will have to leave

Task 3
Pair work. Pick one of the idioms from above, then use your imagination to
write a story that might explain how the idiom came to be. (50-100 words)
(10 mins)
Task 4
Pair work. Discuss the story you wrote with a friend then Act it out in front
of the class. (5 mins)