FINDING
BRAND NEW IDIOMS IN THE DICTIONARY
1.
dot the i's and cross the t's to pay a
great deal of attention to the
details of
something, especially when you are trying to complete a task
·
I still have to dot the i's
and cross the t's my Idiom’s paper before I submit to Mr. Alim.
2.
like two peas in a pod very
similar, especially in appearance
·
My aunt has twin daughters
who are like two peas in a pod.
3.
be in the same boat to be in the same unpleasant situation
as other
people
·
My friends were always
complaining that they couldn’t go back to the valley of amazone to meet with
their mom and dad for the pendekar make up classes in two weeks ago, but we're
all in the same boat.
4.
give sb the cold shoulder to be intentionally unfriendly to
someone and
give them no attention
·
I always tried to be
pleasant to my boyfriend but he always gave me the cold shoulder. Consequently, I
said good bye to him and went to Gunung Pati for learning English with the
pendekar.
5.
make your blood run cold A sound, sight or thought that makes
your blood
run cold frightens you very much.
·
Last night, when I was
typing Idiom’s paper on my bed, I heard my friend in the next door laughed
alone like Suzana which made my blood run cold.
6.
land of milk and honey a country
where living conditions are
good and
people have the opportunity to make a lot of money
·
Many people in the world
regard Indonesia as a land of milk and honey. That is why I love my country so
much.
7.
be as good as your
word to do everything that you promise
someone you
will
·
My boyfriend said that he
will buy a big pink beautiful doll and he was as good as his word.
8.
the time of your life an extremely
enjoyable experience
·
I had the time of my life
when I joined in pendekar’s class because there weren’t boring things.
9.
have your cake and eat it to have or do two good things at the
same time
that are impossible to have or do at the same time
·
I said to my roommate, “You
can't have your cake and eat it. If you want to hang out with your boyfriend
tonight, you can't finish your Idiom’s paper. You have to remember that it will
submit tomorrow morning.”
10. open your
mouth to speak or start to speak
·
My roommate is veri
talkative. She always said, “Lily, please open your mouth and don’t be silent.”
On the other hand, I never do it because I know that she surely discusses about
unimportant things.
11. throw the
book at sb to severely punish someone
·
My brother told me that
today his English teacher threw the book at him for he forgot doing his
homework by asking him to clean a school toilet.
12. once in a
blue moon not very often
·
Since I studied in Semarang
State University, my boyfriend only see me once in a blue moon.
13.
no sooner said than done used to say
that you will do something
immediately
·
My mother always remain me to clean the house and it
makes me cannot enjoy my meals. I tell her that no sooner said than done.
14. give sb the
jitters to make someone nervous or
frightened
·
Please, don’t look me with
angrily. You're giving me the jitters! Tell me what my mistakes.
15. let the cat
out of the bag to allow a secret to be known, usually
without
intending to
·
I always look up to my roommate and keep
her secret, but she have made me to be disappointed. She always lets the cat
out of the bag to many people in this boarding house about my life.
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