Game : Idioms Corner!

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bvpraveen

#89292 Tue, 12 Apr 05 06:21 PM

Dear Friends,

I want to improve the english knowledge of ESL people(I'm myself an ESL student). I too wanted to make it animatic. Hence, I decided to make it a GAME.

Game : Idioms Corner (One Idiom a day).

What To Do:

1) Post one idiom a day(along with its meaning and examples).
2) The last letter of the idiom will form the first letter of the next day's idiom.
3) ONLY ONE IDIOM MUST BE POSTED A DAY, since if we allow multiple idioms, it will be difficult for the english learners to learn them.
4) Once an Idiom is posted, others can GIVE MORE EXAMPLES for that day's idiom.

Meaning and Examples must be present.

Rules:

The posts containing new idioms must include all the following parts:

1)Idiom:
2)Meaning:
3)Examples:

To aid better understandability, lets impose some rules on the Subject textbox!

1) In case of posting new idiom the it should contain : "New Idiom".
2) In case of giving more examples it should contain : "More Examples : Idiom".
3) In case of any doubts or for discussion it should contain : "Discussion : Idiom".

Enjoy the Game!!! It's going to be raining Idioms.

Praveen.

bvpraveen

Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005

Coimbatore, India

Regular Member (507)

Idioms

pieanne

#90306 Fri, 15 Apr 05 03:25 PM

black sheep (of the family)

- a person who is a disgrace to a family or group

The man is the black sheep in his family and is the only member who has not made a success of his life.

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

Veteran Member (7,512)

I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

abbie1948

#90894 Sun, 17 Apr 05 06:50 PM

A wolf in sheep's clothing

- a wicked person who looks innocent

abbie1948

Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005

England

Senior Member (2,657)

Hope that helps. Abbie

Filius

#91014 Mon, 18 Apr 05 04:07 AM

see a man about a dog
Go (somewhere not specific) To leave.
Excuse me. I have to see a man about a dog.

Filius

Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005

New Member (13)

bvpraveen

#91175 Mon, 18 Apr 05 03:14 PM

The idiom 'see a man about a dog' looks strange.
May I know the story behind it? ie. how did this idiom get its meaning?

bvpraveen

Idioms

pieanne

#91184 Mon, 18 Apr 05 03:33 PM

dark horse

- a candidate little known to the general public

He was a dark horse in the race to be President until he gave some good speeches on TV.

pieanne

Dates

abbie1948

#91193 Mon, 18 Apr 05 03:57 PM

We don't really know where this comes from, Praveen. It was first recorded in a play in 1866 "The Flying Scud or a Four-legged Fortune" where it is used by one of the characters as an excuse to leave.