ISP CORNER by Khalipah Mastura https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9 Sharing our idioms/sayings/proverbs en-us 2020-09-30 00:19:21 UTC 2022-01-24 03:49:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png K1T1 khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943520 1. A piece of cake
Meaning : It is easy to do.
I was worried about taking the test, but it was a piece of cake and I got 100%.]]> 2020-09-30 00:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943520 K1T2 khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943659 1. Bread and butter
Meaning : The basic things you need to survive.
Teaching is my bread and butter.

]]> 2020-09-30 00:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943659 K1T3 khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943786 1. Cry over spilt milk
Meaning : upset, sad or complaining over something bad that happened in the past.
Stop complaining about your lost pen. There's no use crying over spilt milk.]]> 2020-09-30 00:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943786 K4T2 khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943942 1. Take with a pinch of salt.
Meaning : You should not completely believe what you are told.
Take everything you read in that newspaper with a pinch of salt.]]> 2020-09-30 00:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789943942 Madam Mas khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789944423 1. As busy as popcorn on a skillet
Meaning : Very active
He was always as busy as popcorn on a skillet and never sat down for a minute.

2. As sweet as honey
Meaning : Very sweet person.
He loved being with her since she was as sweet as honey and always knew what to say.

3.  A closed book
Meaning : A person or subject about which one knows nothing.
Accounting has always been a closed book to me.

4. A bookworm
Meaning : A person who loves to read.
Lisa is such a bookworm. She has read 3 books just this week.

5.  A hot potato
Meaning : Something that is difficult or dangerous to handle.
I tried to learn German language but it's a hot potato.

6. Kill two birds with one stone
Meaning : Get double results with one attempt
My mom is killing two birds with one stone by singing rhymes to teach me and to please my toddler brother.]]> 2020-09-30 00:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/789944423 GUESTS khalipahmastura66 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/790027494 2020-09-30 01:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/790027494 K4T2 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/793484255 1.At death’s door
meaning : to be very close to death
I drove all the night to reach the hospital because they told me my mother was at death’s door but she was stable after i arrived.

]]> 2020-10-01 03:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/793484255 AMZAR https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/794351283 3)BLOWN YOUR OWN TRUMPET
-to exaggerate the good qualities of your own self
-to speak highly about own work
Example:You have to be humble in your behaviour and for that, the first thing to do is to stop blowing your own trumpet]]> 2020-10-01 12:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/794351283 K4T2 aziefadnan11 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/795315770 1.At death’s door
meaning : to be very close to death
I drove all the night to reach the hospital because they told me my mother was at death’s door but she was stable after i arrived.

]]> 2020-10-01 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/795315770 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796697809 2. Burn the candle at both ends
If you burn the candle at both ends, you work excessively hard, say, by keeping two jobs or by leading a busy social life in the evening.

Example: Mitch is burning the candle at both ends. He is working two jobs, one in the evening.]]> 2020-10-02 00:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796697809 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796819743 Meaning :
that it’s better to hold onto something one has already than to risk losing it by trying to attain something better.

Example :
Bob: “I think I’m gonna quit my job..another firm is going to offer me a better job..” Joe: “Are you sure? You probably shouldn’t quit unless you know you’re gonna get in for sure. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

-Nur Illani -]]> 2020-10-02 02:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796819743 Mustakim https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796837365 4)the time is ripe
Meaning:suitable point for a particular activity.
Example:I am waiting till the time is ripe before I tell my mother that I lost my wallet.

]]> 2020-10-02 02:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796837365 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796840290 WAN LUQMAN
5) IDIOM: Head over heels

MEANING : If you’re head over heels, you’re completely in love.

EXAMPLE : Max fell head over heels in love with her colleague and wants to marry her.

]]> 2020-10-02 03:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/796840290 wanhafiz1110 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799417177 1. Bad egg
Meaning: a person who is bad, dishonest, or unreliable

Exp: Ali a bad egg. Be careful of him.]]> 2020-10-03 02:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799417177 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799419299 2.Burn the midnight oil. Meaning : read or work untill midnight 
example : Ali have an examination tomorrow, so he want to burn the midnight oil.]]> 2020-10-03 02:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799419299 4. Better Late Than Never https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799420813 Meaning: Better to arrive late than not to come at all.
"It took him 40 years to get married after long time being single, but better late than never".]]> 2020-10-03 02:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799420813 Zawir https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799422020 miss the boat 
Meaning: miss the chance.
 Example: Ahmad wanted to enter the drawing competition, but he was too late to enter, and he missed the boat.]]> 2020-10-03 02:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799422020 End the mend aziefadnan11 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799462277 Healing and becoming well again
-After surgery and six months of chemotherapy my mother is finally end the mend.]]> 2020-10-03 03:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799462277 K4T2 aamirulfirdauss https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799502384 The apple of my eye
Meaning:something or someone that one cherishes above all others
Example:While My grandmother loved all of us very much, My younger brother was the apple of
her eye.

]]> 2020-10-03 05:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799502384 5 A Bed of Roses mj2020109196 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799504200
Meaning: 
A pleasure or happiness feeling/a comfortable and luxurious position/a trouble-free living.

Example: 
I want to make my future life *a bed of roses*. Then, I need to be hardworking on my study to obtain academic qualification and have a perfect career for my ownself one day.

]]> 2020-10-03 05:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799504200 In the blink of an eye https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799504586 Meaning: very quickly, in an instant.
Example :Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye and parents need to be able to react immediately to prevent tragedy
-aisya syazlin binti yusuf-]]> 2020-10-03 05:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799504586 No man is an island https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799550249

Meaning: -
Nobody actually succeeds on their efforts alone and/or it is hard to survive by all on your own

Example: -
Rather than pushing the responsibility onto someone else it would be best of we work together as no man is an island, This way, all of us could work together and make the best out of this situation. 

-irham]]> 2020-10-03 07:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799550249 Ong Shi Xuan K1T1 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799579726 A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Things we already have are more valuable than what we hope to get.]]> 2020-10-03 08:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799579726 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799638409 3. Raining cats and dogs
Meaning : Raining heavily
Example : The streets were flooded because it was raining cats and dogs for more than an hour.]]> 2020-10-03 10:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799638409 6. Get out of hand https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799686267 Meaning:
 Get out of control
Exp:
 She thought it's easy to handle the children at the kindergarten but the reality is, it get out of hand.]]> 2020-10-03 12:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799686267 Break a leg https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799714552
Meaning:good luck

Example:i hope you break a leg for your MUET.
-aklihie

]]> 2020-10-03 13:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799714552 Nik Aniq Iqbal K1T1 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799798860 Bite off more than you can chew

To try to do something that is too difficult for you

Example: He has taken more responsibilities as he couldn’t say ‘no’ to his boss. I think he has bitten more than he can chew, and he’ll struggle to handle them all.

]]> 2020-10-03 15:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799798860 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799799380 2 ) A blessing in disguise
Meaning : Something  that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later

Example Sentence :
1) Losing that job was a blessing in disguise really.
2)Although not very visible yet, this increased level of publicness could become a blessing in disguise.

]]> 2020-10-03 15:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799799380 7.KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE luqmanjaba1313 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799861331 Meaning:
accomplish two different things at the same time/achieve two things with a single action


Example:
1.Cycling to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money and gives you some exercise.
2.I have to go to the bank, and on the way back, I'll pick up the groceries as well, killing two birds with one stone.]]> 2020-10-03 16:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/799861331 Rome wasn't built in a day. https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800219310 Meaning: said to emphasize that you cannot expect to do important things in a short period of time. Example: You should work hard since you were small to achieve your goals because Rome wasn't built in a day.]]> 2020-10-04 00:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800219310 Rome wasn't built in a day. wltan0401 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800220512 Meaning: said to emphasize that you cannot expect to do important things in a short period of time. Example: You should work hard since you were small to achieve your goals because Rome wasn't built in a day.]]> 2020-10-04 00:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800220512 nurseyra19 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800237257 Back against the wall

Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult

Example: With banks baying for his blood over default in payments, he has his back against the wall.
]]> 2020-10-04 01:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800237257 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800904221 1..Call It A Day
Meaning:Stop working on something

Example: I'm feeling bit tired, let's call it a day.]]> 2020-10-04 15:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/800904221 hasbihassan08 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801353030 a hell of a time
meaning:a difficult (or exciting) experience
example: Her grandmother had a hell of a time trying to connect to the internet]]> 2020-10-04 23:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801353030 luqmanhadi52 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801519310 1..Call It A Day
Meaning:Stop working on something

Example: I'm feeling bit tired, let's call it a day.]]> 2020-10-05 01:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801519310 Back against the wall https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801524396 Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult

Example:with banks paying for his blood over              default in payments,he has his back against the wall ]]> 2020-10-05 01:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801524396 AMIRUL FAHMY https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801526201 Hot potato 

a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it

Example:
 He tried to avoid taking a strong stand on political hot potatoes like abortion.




]]> 2020-10-05 01:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801526201 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801529154 Time and tide wait for no man
Meaning: if you don't make use of a favourable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again.
Example: Please be early when you want to buy the concert ticket for Michael Jackson's concert as time and tide wait for no man, the ticket would be sold out in just 4 hours! ]]> 2020-10-05 01:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801529154 No man is an island amrider55 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534056

Meaning: -
Nobody actually succeeds on their efforts alone and/or it is hard to survive by all on your own

Example: -
Rather than pushing the responsibility onto someone else it would be best of we work together as no man is an island, This way, all of us could work together and make the best out of this situation. 


]]> 2020-10-05 01:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534056 Spoil someone's plans wafi2002ramli https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534269 To ruin someone's plans

Example:The heavy overnight rain spoilt our plan to play cricket next morning]]> 2020-10-05 01:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534269 Face The Music mj2020109189 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534691 Meaning:Face the reality
Example:we would later have to face the music over our bold actions

]]> 2020-10-05 01:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801534691 Speak of the devil https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801535065 MEANING : person you’re just talking about actually appears at that moment.
EXAMPLE : “Hi Irham, speak of the devil, I was just telling Sarah about your new car.”


]]> 2020-10-05 01:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801535065 ganmingliang2 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801535127 Time and tide wait for no man
Meaning: if you don't make use of a favourable opportunity, you may never get the same chance again.
Example: Please be fast when you want to buy the ticket for Michael Jackson's concert as time and tide wait for no man, the ticket would be sold out in 4 hours! ]]> 2020-10-05 01:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801535127 Nurulain Amni k1t2 ainamnishah https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801541458 What goes around comes around
Meaning: what you give you get back
Sentence: Ali got turned down in the interview as it turned out that the interviewer was someone he used to buy in high school , I guess what goes around comes around.]]> 2020-10-05 01:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801541458 Break a leg mj2020109263 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801542107 Good luck
I hope you break a leg for your muet.]]> 2020-10-05 01:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801542107 anisamira403 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801546594 Raining cats and dogs
Meaning: very heavily raining
Example: It's raining cats and dogs, so I think I can't go to school to participate in 
the competition.]]> 2020-10-05 01:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801546594 malaratinaa https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801547448 Raining cats and dogs
Meaning : Raining heavily
Example : The streets were flooded because it was raining cats and dogs for more than an hour.]]> 2020-10-05 01:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801547448 izzatulzulkifli https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801547737 SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
MEANING : person you’re just talking about actually appears at that moment.
EXAMPLE : "Hi Irham, speak of the devil, I was just telling Sarah about your new car.”

]]> 2020-10-05 01:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801547737 Idiom https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801550029
Hot Potato

a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it

Example:
Fahmy tried to avoid taking a strong stand on political hot potatoes like abortion.



]]> 2020-10-05 01:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/801550029 We'll cross that bridge when we come to it mj2020109460 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804414522 Meaning - Let's not talk about that problem right now]]> 2020-10-05 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804414522 A penny for your thoughts mj2020109460 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804422138 Meaning - Tell me what you're thinking

Example :
1. "You have been quiet for a while, a penny for your thoughts."

2. "You seem pretty serious. A penny for your thoughts."
]]> 2020-10-05 18:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804422138 Actions speak louder than words mj2020109460 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804426895 Meaning - Believe what people do and not what they say

Example - "You always speak of the importance of charity, but never do anything. Actions speak louder than words!"]]> 2020-10-05 18:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804426895 Costs an arm and a leg mj2020109460 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804452740 Meaning - Very expensive

Example - ' The bag is costs an arm and a leg ']]> 2020-10-05 19:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/804452740 afarisha216 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/806418109 2. Burn the candle at both ends
If you burn the candle at both ends, you work excessively hard, say, by keeping two jobs or by leading a busy social life in the evening.

Example: Mitch is burning the candle at both ends. He is working two jobs, one in the evening.]]> 2020-10-06 12:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/806418109 As sly as a fox amirahzmi21 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990972135 Meaning:-
Clever, cunning or shrewd, especially in devious or underhanded ways.
Example:-
I want to be as sly as a fox so that I can outwit everyone.


]]> 2020-12-06 06:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990972135 As fast as lightning amirahzmi21 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990978635 Meaning:-
Incredibly quick or speedily.
Example:-
He was out of the room as fast as lightning after he embarrassed himself in front of everyone at the event.]]> 2020-12-06 06:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990978635 ASITHARAN https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990985952 Letting the cat out of the bag
Meaning: Sharing information that was intended to be a secret
Example :Tim let the cat out of the bag about my surprise birthday party]]> 2020-12-06 06:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990985952 Call it a day amirahzmi21 https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990986883 Meaning:-
Stop working on something.
Example:-
I think I'm gonna call it a day and work on this painting tomorrow.]]> 2020-12-06 06:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990986883 It’s always darkest before the dawn sjaasitharan https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990991312 Meaning: Things always get worse before they get better

Example:When I was lost in depression, friends tried to remind me that it's always darkest just before the dawn. ]]> 2020-12-06 06:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khalipahmastura66/9plji24d83tbx3n9/wish/990991312