Сегодня рассмотрим 10 идиом с разными частями тела, которые очень легко запомнить. Давайте попробуем даже без перевода - только пример и объяснение на английском. Возможно, некоторые из них вы уже встречали.
10 идиом, которые легко запомнить:
1. Could you give me a hand with my homework? It’s really difficult.
- give a hand = help
2. You really put your foot in it when you told Mark that Jane had been married before.
- put your foot in it = said or did something stupid that upset, offended or embarrassed
3. You can’t be serious. You must be pulling my leg!
- pull someone’s leg = make a joke
4. I can’t remember her name but it’s on the tip of my tongue.
- on the tip of my tongue = I can almost remember it but not quite
5. I’m not sure I want to go climbing now. I’m starting to get cold feet.
- get cold feet = become worried about something and think you might change your mind
6. The test is on Friday. I’ve got butterflies in my stomach.
- have (got) butterflies in my stomach = feel nervous, usually before an important event
7. When Miriam left David, she broke his heart.
- break someone’s heart = make someone feel very unhappy
8. I can’t get that song out of my head. I keep whistling it.
- can’t get… out of my head = can’t stop thinking about it
9. You need to learn the irregular past tenses by heart.
- learn by heart = memorize
10. I need to tell somebody about it and get it off my chest.
- get… off my chest = talk about something that has been worrying you so that you feel less anxious
Ну как, что скажете? Разобрались со смыслом? Это, кстати, лексика уровня Upper-Intermediate (по крайней мере, материал из учебника данного уровня).
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