GRADE 10: IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS ROLES IN THE FAMILY The breadwinner A wage slave Put food on the table.. Set a good example Like father, like son.. Nuclear family/ extended family/ one p
Trang 1GRADE 10: IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS ROLES IN THE FAMILY
The breadwinner
A wage slave
Put food on the table
Starved of attention
The black sheep of the family
Be a good role model
Set a good example
Like father, like son / A chip off the old block./ The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree
Nuclear family/ extended family/ one parent family
Tied to his mother’s apron strings./ A mummy’s boy
Spread your wings
Fly/ leave the nest
Cut the apron strings
Stand on your own two feet
Blood is thicker than water
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters
Positive discrimination
Play the gender card
Live in an ivory tower
Be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
Work your fingers to the bone
Go from rags to riches
A paper tiger
Some are more equal than others
USE OF THE INTERNET
Surf the net
Typo
Screen time
Click bait
Selfie
technophobe
Bring home the bacon. Chained to the kitchen sink.
Henpecked.
A lot of mouths to feed.
Is it a level playing field? The glass ceiling.
A silver surfer Have everything handed to you
on a silver platter.
Trang 2SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
It’s the best thing since sliced bread.
It’s cutting edge/ state of the art
Blind someone with science
It’s light years ahead
It’s a real game changer.
Technology has come on in leaps and bounds.
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Brainwash
Bored to tears.
To learn something parrot fashion.
To be cut out for something.
A square peg in a round hole.
Make the grade.
Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Airy-fairy subjects./ Arty-farty subjects
Become a well rounded individual.
STRESS MANAGEMENT
I’m burnt out.
I’ve got a lot on my plate.
It drives me up the wall/ round the bend.
To tackle a problem head-on.
To bury your head in the sand.
Blow off steam
Recharge your batteries.
Let your hair down.
Put your feet up.
Take a breather.
Take time out.
Take a step back.
It’s all singing, all dancing.
The blind leading the blind. It’s as much use as
a chocolate teapot.
The world is your oyster. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
Bury your head in the sand.
Blow off steam.
Trang 3DESIGNER GOODS
Complete tat
He’s got more money than sense
It’s a rip off
You get what you pay for./ It’s worth every penny
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
It’s a case of the Emperor’s new clothes
You have to look the part
FUTURE OF THE PLANET
You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone
Green
The future doesn’t look bright / It doesn’t bear thinking about
Too little, too late / The damage is done
Short term thinking
COMMUNICATION
Get your wires crossed
I can’t make head nor tail of it
Get your point across./ Get the message across
Stick to the point./ Beat around the bush /Go off on a tangent./ Ramble…
Spread like wildfire
I heard it on the grapevine
Make small talk
SOCIAL ISSUES
All problems stem from……
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Get their just desserts./ Get away scot free
We don’t have two pennies to run together
They would sell their own grandmother
They sold us down the river
Turn a blind eye
Crack down on
_breeds
They cost an arm and a leg.
Trang 4YOUTH BEHAVIOUR
They think the world owes them a living
The generation gap
Peer pressure
Fit in / Be part of the in-crowd
Be too big for your boots
Be a cry baby
wet behind the ears
born yesterday
spoilt rotten
rub people up the wrong way
To have a face like a wet teabag,
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
We can showcase our tourist resorts
It attracts the tourists like bees to a honey pot
It can backfire
It’s more trouble than it’s worth
It can do more harm than good
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
It’ll put Spain on the map.