UNDERSTANDING IDIOMS by Jorge Catota https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1 en-us 2023-12-10 00:17:14 UTC 2023-12-10 01:55:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Definition catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733492 An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can’t be deciphered by defining the individual words

]]> 2023-12-10 01:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733492 catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733579 a phrase that’s normal to fluent speakers (every language has its idioms) but strange to others. 

]]> 2023-12-10 01:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733579 Example catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733872 “Spill the beans,” they’re asking someone to reveal a secret, not to pour out a can of beans.

]]> 2023-12-10 01:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819733872 catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734078 2023-12-10 01:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734078 Break a leg catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734759 Figuerative : Is used to wish somebody good luck

Literal: to break a bone in your leg

]]> 2023-12-10 01:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734759 Call it a day catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734997 Figurative: To decide that you have finished doing something

Literal: Say the name of the day

]]> 2023-12-10 01:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819734997 A piece of cake catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819735396 Figurative: something that is easy to do

Literal: A small part of a cake


]]> 2023-12-10 01:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819735396 When pigs fly catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819735681 Figurative: Something that will never happen

Literal: a pig with the capacity of fly


]]> 2023-12-10 01:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819735681 catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819736306 2023-12-10 01:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819736306 Add your own examples with their meaning :D catota_jorge https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819736549 2023-12-10 01:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/catota_jorge/8tqi3ry44lz2zer1/wish/2819736549