Flowchart: Fun Guide to Common English Idioms by GRACE ANN OGATIS https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu This flowchart explores popular English idioms, showing their funny literal meanings and their hidden meanings. It’s a fun and easy way to understand various idiom expressions! en-us 2025-04-30 13:37:50 UTC 2025-04-30 14:48:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Idioms/Idiomatic Expressions graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431711798 2025-04-30 13:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431711798 Where does it come from? graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431720107 The word idiom comes from the Greek word idios, which means for “one's own” or “private.”

]]> 2025-04-30 13:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431720107 Are Idiom/s part of language? graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431722701 Idioms are classified as figurative language because idioms have imaginative, not literal, meanings.

]]> 2025-04-30 13:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431722701 Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431724589 An idiom is a phrase or group of words that has a meaning different from the literal meaning. In other words, idioms don't make sense if you translate the words directly; instead, they have a hidden meaning that people in a particular culture or language understand.

]]> 2025-04-30 13:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431724589 COMMON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION EXAMPLES graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431726266 2025-04-30 13:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431726266 Break a leg graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431736463 2025-04-30 14:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431736463 It's raining cats and dogs graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431737847 2025-04-30 14:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431737847 Butterflies in my stomach graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431740481 2025-04-30 14:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431740481 graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431741999 2025-04-30 14:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431741999 graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431743570 2025-04-30 14:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431743570 graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431744781 2025-04-30 14:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431744781 Literal Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431749288 To actually break your leg.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431749288 Hidden Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431750589 To wish someone good luck.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431750589 IN A SENTENCE graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431753086 "Break a leg at your audition!"

]]> 2025-04-30 14:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431753086 Literal Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431755535 It means cats and dogs are falling from the sky.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431755535 Hidden Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431756823 It means it is raining very heavily.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431756823 IN A SENTENCE graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431758131 "We had to cancel the picnic because it was raining cats and dogs."

]]> 2025-04-30 14:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431758131 Literal Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431760125 Having actual butterflies inside your stomach.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431760125 Hidden Meaning graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431761978 Feeling nervous or anxious.

]]> 2025-04-30 14:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431761978 IN A SENTENCE graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431763660 "The athlete had butterflies in his stomach before the big game."

]]> 2025-04-30 14:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431763660 graceannogatis https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431788624 2025-04-30 14:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/graceannogatis/oo8qoulddpb2qmbu/wish/3431788624