Idioms in songs by Randall. by Randall Prendas Martínez https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g Week 12 worshop. en-us 2021-04-11 21:20:42 UTC 2021-04-12 03:54:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f436.png 1. To bite one's tongue. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1404968156 To stay quiet when you really want to say something.
E.g.
My classmates were talking about batman comics, and my brother who knows everything about him just bit his tongue.
]]> 2021-04-11 21:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1404968156 2. Hold your breath. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405227415 To be in a state of suspense , or antipitation.
E.g.
I almost was hitting by a car, so I held my breath during that scene.]]> 2021-04-12 00:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405227415 3. Rock the boat. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405238299 To say or to do something to disturb an existing situation and upset people.
E.g.
The relationship whit my girlfriend goes well, and I don't want to rock the boat answering those questions about my former girlfriend. ]]> 2021-04-12 00:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405238299 4. Make a mess. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405252149 To ruin something or do it very badly.
E.g.
They made a mess with each of their opinions about the suicide of Jhonny.]]> 2021-04-12 00:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405252149 5. Had a choice. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405257297 Had options, could decide between differentthings.
E.g.
I like to teach, so I wanted to become in a professor, and I had a choice of becoming in a  math professor, so I took the chance.]]> 2021-04-12 00:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405257297 6. Breaking point. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405274949 To get to the point of being very upset.
E.g.
She was quite hungry at her boyfriend because he just stood her up, and that he called her for giving an excuse was the breaking point. ]]> 2021-04-12 00:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405274949 7. Stood for nothing. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405286647 One has no strog beliefs regarding important things.
E.g.
You don't care if they win the trophy, so have everything that we been doing stood for nothing dude?]]> 2021-04-12 01:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405286647 8. Fall for everything. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405312339 To accept any idea as true because the other person is convincing.
E.g.
He fell for everything when the seller told him some reasons of why he needed a new car.]]> 2021-04-12 01:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405312339 9. Hold one down. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405328277 To physically restrain someone or something against a surface, such as the ground. To control someone.
E.g.
The police man catch the thief, and he could hold that down while the car police arrived.]]> 2021-04-12 01:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405328277 10. Brushing of the dust. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405339734 To refuse to consider what someone says, or to not admit that somehting may be true or important.
E.g.
My family did not pay attention what I have told about the field trip; they just brushed off the dust, and they keep eating in complete silence.]]> 2021-04-12 01:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405339734 11. To shake the ground. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405353299 To take away someone's confidence and belief in something.
E.g.
She had to shake the ground just after our little discussion. It is impossible to belief that.]]> 2021-04-12 01:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405353299 12. Eye of the tiger. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405366789 It is a mantra of courage and determination. Someone who is focussed, confident, and has a very fierce attitude.
E.g.
He doesn't matter the accident; that eye of the tiger tells me he is going to drive motorcycle again after his recovery.]]> 2021-04-12 01:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405366789 13. Dancing through the fire. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405380405 To courageously encounter many difficulties or dangers in order to achieve the goal.
E.g.
Costa Ricans have danced through the fire all the year with the taxes, and they are still protesting against the new ridiculous taxes. ]]> 2021-04-12 01:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405380405 14. Hear the roar. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405396911 The sound of success, which one can't ignore.
E.g.
I thought that Carl was not good enough for getting his major, but now we can hear his roar.]]> 2021-04-12 01:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405396911 15. Floating like a butterfly. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405407041 To move effortlessly and in a agile fashion.
E.g.
During the fashion show, Sheila did it awesome; she just floated like a butterfly.]]> 2021-04-12 01:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405407041 16. Sting like a bee. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405421313 To teach someone a lesson for their misbehaviour, maybe with a punch.
E.g.
Peter has acted in a bad way with her cousin. So, I stung like a bee because he needed to understand how much important family is.]]> 2021-04-12 01:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405421313 17. Earned my stripes. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405432544 Used as a metaphor for bravery, strength and courage.
E.g.
Joshua is an incredible gamer and he has earned his stripes playing in the second team of Fnatic with out no help of his family. ]]> 2021-04-12 02:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405432544 18. To my own hero. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405435543 Showing yourself real love by developing your own values and staying true to any commitments you have made to yourself.
E.g.
I started with the gym many years ago, and I want to thank to my own hero because even when it has been hard, I keep with my daily routine.]]> 2021-04-12 02:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405435543 A. Keep your head up. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405549425 To stay strong and not let a bad situation make you sad.
E.g.
Sharon has gone through some difficulties recently, but she is really strong, and she has kept her head up.]]> 2021-04-12 02:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405549425 B. Let you hair down. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405557024 To allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself.
E.g.
Mark is a very good guy, but he has a kind of boring life; he needs to let his hair down.]]> 2021-04-12 02:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405557024 C. Go down in flames. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405562504 To fail spectacularly. To end suddenly and completely.
E.g.
The last Costa Rican administration went down in flames with the projects that proposed because some of them were missing.]]> 2021-04-12 03:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405562504 D. Sharpest tool in the shed. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405569310 Someone who is thought to be unintelligent in some way; slow to perceive or understand something.
E.g.
In mechanic terms, I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.]]> 2021-04-12 03:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405569310 E. Another story. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405579212 To say that one thing is very different from another.
E.g.
Sam is the best playing soccer, but playing basket is another story.]]> 2021-04-12 03:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405579212 F. To get off my chest. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405585077 To tell someone about (something that has been making one upset or unhappy).
E.g.
Sara you have been acting in a rare way. Is there something that you would like to get off your chest? Please tell me.]]> 2021-04-12 03:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405585077 G. Bridges were burned. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405594313 To end a relationship in such a way that you could never go back and re-start the relationship again.
E.g.
With my former girlfriend the relationship went good, and we don't think that bridges were burned. We still have a chance of trying it.]]> 2021-04-12 03:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405594313 H. Cry me a river. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405600172 To weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person. To try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.
E.g.
Jim you can cry me a river, but I will hold my decision of putting off the trip because you got into flu.]]> 2021-04-12 03:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405600172 I. Poker face. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405608948 A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted.
E.g.
My best friend told us a terrible joke, and nobody understood it, so all of us were into a poker face.]]> 2021-04-12 03:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405608948 J. Safe and sound. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405615039 It is usually used when we talk about the end of a trip.
E.g.
From all the trips in our English major, we have arrived home safe and sound.]]> 2021-04-12 03:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405615039 I. Open/shut case. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405626950 When the answer to a question or mystery is obvious.
E.g.
Fred, who was catch cheating in mid term, said that he was putting his phone away. But the camera shows that he was not doing that. So, that is a shut case.]]> 2021-04-12 03:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405626950 II. Myth. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405634448 Something a lot of people believe is real but isn't actually true.
E.g.
I think La llorona is the best myth in Costa Rican culture.]]> 2021-04-12 03:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405634448 III. Count me out, rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405644130 Don't want to participate. Someone doesn't believe you are capable of doing something.
E.g.
Do you think Paris SG can win the UEFA Cahmpions Legaue? They have not won any of those trophies yet, so I believe you can count them out.]]> 2021-04-12 03:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405644130 IV. Bait and switch. rprendasm https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405651752 To pretend you are going to give somebody something that they want, but when they come close to take it you switch with something else.
E.g.
Our professor told us if somebody answered his question good, all the group would have an extra point in the term. At the end, Kim did it, and our professor just typed an extra point in the last sentence of the term. What a bait and switch.]]> 2021-04-12 03:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rprendasm/zh7l6oxe8yffmr7g/wish/1405651752