Free Essays on Idiom

  1. the factors to influence the idiom differences between Chinese and English

    What are the factors to influence the idiom differences between Chinese and English? Maybe the different life-styles, geographic environment, historical cultures, religious beliefs are the major causes. The idiom “be born in the purple” can be explained as “the people born in a rich and powerful family”...

  2. Idioms

    primarily on appearance. Caught between two stools When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives. Costs an arm and a leg This idiom is used when something is very expensive. Cross that bridge when you come to it Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before. ...

  3. Idioms with Verb to Be

    Idioms with verb to be 1. To be off: significa estar libre o irse. Fortunately, I’m off today, so i don’t have to work 2. Be all ears: significa ser todo oido When the lady raised her hand to participate during the class, I told her that I was all ears, so she could start talking. ...

  4. Collocations

    intahaka” and المعاهدة “ ?al-mu؟ahāda” means “ الاتفاقية ?itifāqyya”. Unlike the idoms “ ى قدم المساواة؟عل alā qadam ?al-musawā-h”. The meaning of this idiom can’t be predicated from the meanings of the individual words. 3. According to Arabic syntax, one lexical item can be understood without referring...

  5. Turning the Tables in a Positive Situation

    positive situation. First time I heard the idiom “turning the tables in a positive situation” I thought it meant what it said by its words, but it turned out that I’m erroneous; and that is “turning the tables in a positive situation” situation. The English idiom “turning the tables in a positive situation”...

  6. 5 biggest challenges of learning English

        Mobile Idioms The German equivalent for idiom is Spracheigentuemlichkeit, a typically long word which translated back into English means a peculiarity or distinctiveness of language. This is a good definition of idiom and helps us to understand why can idioms cause problems for language...

  7. Techniques

    Some figurative language is known as imagery. Figures of speech, such as similes, metaphors, idioms and personification are all examples of imagery. A composer uses imagery in order to link two ideas and to create a vivid or life-like image in their audience's mind. Remember that, as they are figurative...

  8. рлрло

    kick the bucket (idiom) Die, as in All of my goldfish kicked the bucket while we were on vacation. This moderately impolite usage has a disputed origin. Some say it refers to committing suicide by hanging, in which one stands on a bucket, fastens a rope around one's neck, and kicks the bucket away...

  9. Translation Strategy for Culture-Specific

    strategies are taken from theoretical backgrounds from Mona Baker's theory. Among her twelve translation strategies for non-equivalence of words and idioms, eight translation strategies that are often used are chosen. These lists are the following: Solution strategies for non-equivalence at word level...

  10. sentence correction

    verb "are" agrees with the plural subject "engravings". The idiom "of interest to" is correct. (A) CORRECT. The original sentence is correct as written. (B) This is incorrect because it uses "are interests...for" instead of the correct idiom. The placement of "both" is awkward. (C) The placement of...

  11. ASH COM 200 Week 2 Quiz

    9. Question : The term ________________ describes a wide range of common and nonstandard English, including jargon, colloquialisms, idioms, and slang. 10. Question : ________________ is the specialized or technical language of a specific group or pro¬fession that may not...

  12. Learning a Foreign Language

    differences come out, is idioms. In Turkish when someone tries to teach something to another person who already knows it very well, we use the idiom “Tereciye tere satmak”. However, in English it is said “Don’t teach your grandmother how to make a cake”. There are too many different idioms, which culture affects...

  13. Significant of English Communicaiton

    clearly list out the important points to avoid customer dissonance after signing the contract. 4) Social networking with foreigners- the usage of idioms is not recommend in Business English, however, it is very often used in foreigners’ chatting which might be an easy way to speed up the friendly relationship...

  14. White Heron Close Reading

    ” Step 1: Figurative Language In this paragraph there are several examples of figurative language and those include: simile, alliteration, and idiom The sentence, “A white spot of him like a single floating feather comes up from the dead hemlock and grows larger, and rises, and comes close at last...

  15. Critical Reasoning

    But what if there is no action but only pure words? In real, we have been instilled this idiom in our living life, we always hear the idiom of ‘action speaks louder than words’ in our school whereas we hear this idiom from our friends and family in our homes. Life is not only about actions but also need...

  16. Fadfad

    work. Criterion C: Style and language mechanics Maximum: 10 How well can the student: * use appropriate and varied register, vocabulary and idiom? * use correct grammar and syntax? * use appropriate and varied sentence structure? * use correct spelling/writing? * use language to...

  17. The Polymorphing World

    what to write on that piece of paper. Some would be writing descriptions about their selves in adjectives and maybe with a touch of euphemisms and idioms. But for me I ought to depict myself in a noun, a polymorph. A polymorph is an organism that exhibits the property of assuming or adapting through...

  18. Noise and Static

    Barrier: Unfamiliar idioms An idiom is a term or phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use. Examples of common general and business idioms: I’m in over my head...

  19. the igbo

    also spelled the same way can have a completely different meaning just based on the tone and pitch is what said in. The Igbo people use proverbs and idioms casually. These people are extremely devout to their religion, and they also worship many gods. They believe that their highest level of god is Chukwu...

  20. Shapes and Colors: Insight Into Intolerance and Racism Through the Mechanics of English Writing.

    institutionalizes that shape and color are important. We simply cannot think, speak, or write without shapes and colors. The problem is that once this idiom is engrained in our brains for generations, we cannot see or hear without shapes and colors anymore either. We expect everything to be interpreted into...

  21. language of power

    of another unequal encounter. And finally mr B uses elicitation when asking client, what seems to be the problem ? and client a responds using an idiom for example he,s a bit of colour. Extract 2 is Mr.B with his daughter. In this extract there are some strong comparisons to extract 1, as Mr.B again...

  22. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

    our concepts and our knowledge about external world are based on experience and sense perception. He forms his system of knowledge with empiricist idioms, namely: all knowledge comes to us through experience. "No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.” There is no such thing as innate ideas;...

  23. james

    of the play his lyrical voice steeped in the lusty idioms of rural Ireland ...

  24. At the Edge of Your Seat

    2/4 TOTAL= 20/30 COMMENTS: 1- Very good climax. 2- You could have maintained suspense further. 3- Use expressions from the sheet. 4-Some idioms are out of place. 5-very weak beginning {preferred to start with a pathetic fallacy}...

  25. The Life of an Extraordinary Woman

    in Southern Humanities Review said, "Angelou's genius as a writer is her ability to recapture the texture of the way of life in the texture of its idioms, its idiosyncratic vocabulary and especially in its process of image-making."I think this work of art will forever be a part of our literary cannon...

  26. Biography

    Perfection b. Fallacy of Approval c. Fallacy of Overgeneralization 4. There are examples of the following in the film: Equivocation, Euphemisms, and Idioms. Define and provide an example of one of them from the film. Bonus: Explain, describe, and discuss 2 types of nonverbal communication found...

  27. Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

    his/her writing would most likely have no meaning at all. Also, he is trying to say that a writing does not need a bunch of metaphors, similes, and idioms in order for it to be perfect, but instead describes literacy as an instrument for expression and that shorter/fewer words would do the job....

  28. Learning Language

    excellent supplement to a language class. A native speaker can help a student expand vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and learn how to use words and idioms properly. Some students are able to learn a language through self teaching. Books, tapes, and guidance materials are readily available through bookstores...

  29. All Essays

    Idioms A bed of roses A cock and bull story A leopard cannot change its spots As keen as mustard Back to square one Baker’s dozen Below the belt Call a spade a spade Chip on his shoulder Cold shouldered Come hell or high water Crocodile tears Cut to the chase Daylight robbery Excuse my French End of...

  30. Anis

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  31. 6 Barriers to Intercultural Communication Essay

    experiences. There are five actual factors that generally produce the difficulties in the translation. They are lack o f equivalences in vocabulary, idioms, grammar and syntax, experiences, and concepts. Indonesian students are having a lot of inconveniences with studying foreign languages for the reason ...

  32. Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India

    localization” was the strategy of building a connect using the relevant local idioms. This execution was accomplished by using local music and film stars to appeal to young people. They also tried to create a connection between local idioms and their products so the consumers would have a personal connection...

  33. The Inspirational Coach Drama

    subcategory of sports movies, the inspirational coach drama. More often than not, movies of this kind are based on - or, in the more common title-sequence idiom, "inspired by" - the real lives of men who turn ragged bunches of misfits into champions, or at least contenders, teaching valuable lessons about discipline...

  34. notes

    12. Slang. to throw (something) away. 13. Slang. to put a stop to: Can that noise! 14. to record, as on film or tape. Idioms 15. carry the can, British and Canadian Slang. to take the responsibility. 16. in the can, recorded on film; completed: The movie...

  35. parenting management

    The youth is the hope of the motherland is an idiom once enunciated by our Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. This means that the future of our nation lies in the hands of the youth today. Many of the Filipinos are still believing that the youth are the future of the world along with the modern...

  36. Student

    contractions (I am instead of I'm, he does not instead of he doesn't) * Carefully choose the vocabulary. Do not use slangs, taboos, and informal idioms. - A good piece of writing should contain ideas which are concretely supported. That is to say you should use examples, quotations and statistics...

  37. english lexicology

    don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." Why the Language Works: The novel is full of colloquially used idioms that work contextually. Without these idioms and slang, the complete effect of the novel would be lost. The writing style of the novel was so informal that it struck a chord...

  38. The Concept of Speech Act

    translated into the second language. (http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/definition.html) If I give an example for culturel differentness, I can give an idiom for this: ‘rain cats and dogs”. Normally we want to translate this word by word meaning will change and this situation arise from culturel differentness...

  39. Lpi

    between an adverb and an adjective Incorrect form of a verb Incorrect tense of a verb Incorrect preposition A non-standard English expression or idiom Section III: Reading Comprehension This part of the LPI has two types of questions, both measuring and graded upon reading comprehension...

  40. environmental responsibility

    strategies to ensure the nature is in a good condition. For example, we should plant more green plants to give us more oxygen. I always accept as true this idiom, where there is a will, there is way because a burden of one has own choice is not felt. Honestly, I appeal for something make aware of our environment...

  41. School Politics

    conclusionto which all of us would readily asseirtw ill savem any a sentencefr om coming down with a bump. By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself. This is the significanceo f...

  42. The Standardized Tests: Ielts, Toefl and Toeic

    single speakers giving a news report or other information. Idioms and vocabularies in context are tested extensively in this section. The type of questions asked within the Listening comprehension section (main idea, vocabulary and idioms) is similar to other English-language tests. I think TOEIC...

  43. How to stay

    him to tolerate. Professor Harold Laski (Essay in Freedom of Expression) 2. Above all, we cannot play ducks and drakes with a native battery of idioms which prescribes egregious collocations of vocables as the Basic put up with for tolerate, or put at a loss for bewilder . Professor Lancelot Hogben...

  44. The Thing About Cell Phones

    slang has become part of many cultures and minorities separated by language, geography, and even phonetics. Slang is, for the most part, manifested in idiom, and colloquial form. But in recent years pop-culture has prompted the abbreviations of practically every word; thus, using some form of slang in formal...

  45. encounter and 1953

    she describes her impression as ‘hate at first sight’. The temperature is so high that ‘the chooks would be laying hard-boiled eggs’. The reversed idiom and the hyperbole convey Louise’s disgust and articulate her attitudes towards the town. This outlook changes dramatically when she is injured in a...

  46. School

    comical | noun | Example:Did u get the humor in the joke? | Hyperbole | Obvious and intentional exaggeration | noun | Example:To wait an eternity | Idiom | An expression whose meaning is not predictable from he usually meanings of its constituent elements | Noun | Example:It’s raining cats and dogs. | ...

  47. Belonging

    influences of guns and violence. The significance of paternal role models and family upbringing in the film portrays the theme of challenges faced by the idiom of ‘leaving the nest’ and hence upbringing and letting their children have independence. The lack of a father figure in Doughboys and Ricky’s life causes...

  48. Guide

    Malgudi," Times Literary Supplement, 9 May 1958, p. 254. 'See William Walsh, "Sweet Mangoes and Malt Vinegar: the Novels of R. K. Narayan," in A Human Idiom: Literature and Humanity (London: Chatto & Windus, 1964), pp. 128-48. 3 S. C. Harrex, "R. K. Narayan and the Temple of Indian Fiction," Meanjin...

  49. Understanding Music

    was the first popular jazz concerto. While many self-appointed prophets were condemning jazz notable European composers attempted to weave the jazz idiom into their musical works. These included Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Shostakovitch. Speaking about George Gershwin the music Porgy and Bess which brought...

  50. Legal Risks at Wrongful Discharge

    employment relationship and that the employer does not belong to a collective bargain (i.e., a union). (Wikipedia, 2009) Wrongful dismissal, is an idiom and legal phrase, describing a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer in circumstances where the...

  51. LAGOS COLTURE

    colourful parties are introduced as the norm. Also coupled with these is the development of a deep dress sense as well as an early exposure to adages, idioms and idiomatic expressions. While this is similar with most African cultures, growing up in Lagos, Nigeria introduces some significant deviations. ...

  52. Lloret

    moving from port to port and gradually covering the entire Mediterranean seaboard. The connections with Italy, for instance, are evident in place names, idioms, customs and important religious traditions. Indeed, the majority of saints worshipped at the Chapel of Santa Cristina are of Italian origin. The...

  53. Language Change

    undertaken by Samuel Johnsonn, who had the purpose to “refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations.” Obviously he harked back to the written and spoken forms of groups with social prestige in drawing up his dictionary...

  54. Multilinguism

    native speakers, their costumes and traditions. Furthermore, a multilingual person has an access to different worlds of experience. With a language come idioms and sayings, folk stories and history, poetry, literature and music, both traditional and contemporary. Reading and writing in more than two languages...

  55. The Personal Practices Related to Communal Faith

    Lindbeck defines religion as, "a kind of cultural and/or linguistic framework or medium that shapes the entirety of life and thought… it is similar to an idiom that makes possible the description of realities, the formulation of beliefs, and the experiencing of inner attitudes, feelings, and sentiments.”[9]...

  56. COM 200 Ash Course Tutorial/Uophelp

    9. Question : The term ________________ describes a wide range of common and nonstandard English, including jargon, colloquialisms, idioms, and slang. 10. Question : ________________ is the specialized or technical language of a specific group or pro¬fession that may not...

  57. China and India Political and Economical Structures

    the communist regime (Almond, 2008, p 429). India: India’s political culture is base on a phenomenon of three idioms: the modern, the traditional, and the saintly. The modern idiom consists of the constitution and the courts, parliamentary debates, the higher administration, the upper levels of...

  58. Tick the Word

    GENERAL ENGLISH WORD POWER - MEANINGS & PHRASES) - APT WORD - DERIVED MEANING - IDIOMS - INDIRECTUESTIONS- PARTS OF SPEECH - PREPOSITIONS - SPOTTING AN ERROR - SPELLING ENGLISH (Word power) Tick the word nearest in meaning to the key word 1. Compromise 1. to meet half-way...

  59. Lost City of Shang

    torturous killings in China is still widespread to date; it was because their ancestors were crazy enough to do things like that too. There is this idiom that says “A mango tree cannot produce bananas.” I think this is why it is important to really know where you came from, because upon knowing, you have...

  60. Thomas Hart Benton "Persephone" Response

    Europe, Americans drew inward, concerned with domestic problems and injustice. This isolationism led to more than simply to art in search of an American idiom, but rather to anti-European sentiment promoted by the American Regionalists. Thomas Hart Benton led the charge to rid America of what he called the...