Idiom Lesson 2

The following idioms and expressions are from "Can You Believe It? Book 2" by Jann Huizenga
Lesson 6 through Lesson 10. 

Lesson 6 (Audio files)
- be scared to death:   (video 1  2)

- in the nick of time: (Video 1 , 2)  = right before it’s too late
- be frozen stiff.  (Video 1, 2)
- keep one’s head = remain calm/ stay calm
: The president has shown that he can keep his head in a crisis.
cf) Keep (it) in one’s head = remember

Lesson 7 (Audio files)
- to paint the town (red) (video 1, 2) :   to go out drinking, dancing
-At the top of their lungs (Video 1, 2)
: They scream at the top of their lungs to hear each other from a far away.
- be dying to   (Video 1, 2)
: Where is the place you’re dying to go to?
- go bananas   (Video 1, 2) 1) become excited 2) become upset, angry, crazy, irrational

- (Be)  Let loose  (Video 1)
People were  let loose to find more evidence. (freely walk around)
I let loose my hair (=untie my hair)
You should let loose and have some fun this weekend.



Lesson 8

-feel blue (video 1, 2)
- Look like a million dollars  (Video 1)
- be dumbfounded (video 1, 2)
- rip...off/ get ripped off (video 1, 2)
- get over something (video 1, 2) 

- be on top of the world  (video 1, 2) 

2. Action English Picture Unit 6-3 Getting ready for a test


Lesson 9

- be on cloud nine ( Video 1, 2)  float on cloud nine
ei) When my husband proposed to me,  it was like being on cloud nine.
ei) He is floating on cloud nine.

- turn the tables on (video 1,  2)

ei) My former boss gave me a hard time but later  I turned the tables on him because I got promoted and I became the boss now.

-be in hot water (Video 1, 2)
ei) Bill Gates has been in hot water recently.
ei)  I found the doctors ( politicians/ teachers)  in hot water.

-take it easy (Video 1, 2)
* Take it easy on someone:(1)  (2) to treat someone gently, not harshly.
ei) If you go to the United States, do not worry and take it easy.
ei) He took it easy on me and treated me in a nice way. 

 

 

Lesson 10
- look high and low for something/someone (Video 1, 2)

: look everywhere

-Vanish into thin air (Video 1, 2)

: disappear quickly, complete

- Get the picture (Video 1, 2) :   
: understand the situation or  the fact
:   make a picture with one’s mind

-Sure enough  (Video 1, 2)
= as expected
: Sure enough there were many Covid19 victims.
:  Uyen studied so hard to master English. Sure enough she can speak English very well now.
: Anna worked so hard to raise her kids. Sure enough her kids became all successful.

- at the end of my rope