Idiomy

Do you want to take turns at answering the telephone?

I am feeling a bit tired, I think I'll call it a day.

Lars, could you hand the cakes round, please?

He could lose face if other ppl see that he got everything wrong.

The teacher turned a blind eye to some of the children's bad behaviour.

My uncle just arrived out of the blue.

We could see lights in the distance.

If all else fails, I'll have to sell the car.

I ring my mother every day without fail.

I would steer / stay clear of that place; it's not very safe.

Why on earth are you shouting? Be quiet! How on earth did he pass the exam? He did no work at all.

She was in a terrible state, so I decided to stay and look after her.

how come you are here so early? Notice: the word order after how come is in statement form, although it is a question

I had to run like mad to catch the bus.

am in two minds about whether or not to go to the party tonight. I'm sure it will be fun, but I have a lot of work to do too. The committee is currently in two minds about a suitable punishment, but hopefully they will reach a decision in the morning.

She’s been the managing director of the company for 10 years, so she must be rolling in it by now.

There were lots of keys, but we found the right one by trial and error.

I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week.

The food here is good in the main. We must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration.

It was a completely new job, so it took me a while to find my feet.

I tried to convince the other board members, but my efforts were in vain, and they outvoted me.

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I agree with you all the way

I bet you he left his report card here on purpose so we would compliment him on his grades. I don't understand—why would you run into the bumper of another car on purpose?

Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?

"So why was Carlo knocking on your door at midnight?" "It's a long story."

My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.

I don’t think they’ve got much in common with their neighbours.

If you ask me, people should go on a training course before they become parents.

They ran the risk of being shot at any moment. He'll be here to see you any moment now.

A sudden movement caught my eye.

think Tom's asthma is getting worse—he gets out of breath just going upstairs. I had to run to catch the bus, so I was totally out of breath as I sat down in my seat.

Our progress has been fairly slow so far, but it's early days.

I’m going back to New York, but not just yet.

It’s a good thing you called – Mom was starting to get worried.

There's a lovely park right on our doorstep.

Please don't make reservations at the last minute. Why do you ask all your questions at the last minute?

When her relationship started getting serious, she became a bag of nerves.

Maggie sends her love to you and the kids.

He tried to keep out of her way at school.

The new blood in the team should improve our chances of victory in next week's game.

As regards content, the programme will cover important current issues.

"Does he eat a lot?" "I'll say!"

Danny says he has several laptops and smartphones he wants to sell for cheap—sounds like they fell off the back of a lorry to me.

The deal will be agreed on Wednesday, touch wood.

We’re fresh out of oranges, would you like an apple?

I have something further to add with reference to what was said earlier. The course covers ancient history with special reference to the Roman Empire.

Business was bad, but now things are looking up.

She didn't show up till the next morning.

She wrote his name down. She wrote down his name. BUT: She wrote down everything she could remember about him. AND She wrote it down.

I came across the word in an article.

What does WWW stand for?

I must cut back on sweets to try and lose weight.

I put the book back on the shelf.

The meeting dragged on for hours.

I carried on painting while the light was still good.

Michael’s very annoying, he keeps on taking my pens.

Be quite and get on with your work.

The weather was great, so we stayed on for a couple more days.

We drove on for several kilometres.

The traffic noise goes on all night. He went on and on about his car = talked about his car for a long time in a boring way.

My sister was going skiing and I went to the airport to see her off.

When we got there it was snowing heavily, and the plane couldn’t take off, so we had to come home.

By the morning the snow was very deep, and we were cut off from the rest of the village.

I went off to do some shopping.

1. I left my husband messing about with his motorbike.

Boys lazed around in the garden.

When I got back, there were tools lying around everywhere, and Mike and the boys had disappeared.

There were some boys hanging around the school entrance.

The boy was messing about with other pupils’ bikes, so I told them to clear off.

His father has lived through two wars.

I flicked through his new book

I looked through your report yesterday.

I managed to sleep through the storm.

1. The alarm goes off at 5:00. 2. The light suddenly went off. 3. The bomb went off.

I put my best suit on.

1. I put the light on.

1. The car broke down. 2. She broke down at the news.

Prices went down by 10 per cent. The sun's going down.

1. I can't do this zip up. 2. They're doing the flat up.

1. When did they turned up? 2. Look! My ring's turned up.

1. They tied him up. 2. She's tied up at the moment (used in passive).

I find it quite hard to make sense of the Present Perfect in English

When I practise speaking, I find that lots of words come back to me.

I think I am doing really well in English, but I need to keep it up.