Idioms Dictionary Project

ILLUSTRATED IDIOMS DICTIONARY PROJECT

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES SEPT. 26, 2023

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IDIOMS

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

As thick as a brick

To miss the boat

Birds of a feather flock together

To catch someone red-handed

A chip off the old block

To think outside the box

To sleep on something

To add insult to injury

To play something by ear

To get cold feet

A bitter pill

To judge a book by its cover

To give someone a hand

A little bird told me

There are plenty more fish in the sea

To butter someone up

In a nutshell

TO MISS THE BOAT

VOCABULARY

TO MISS

A BOAT

DEFINITION

TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY

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DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

To happen = to take place

Do not depend on something until it really happens.

Do not make plans based on events that haven't happened yet.

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

People who act the same hang out together.

Similar people tend to associate with each other.

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AS THICK AS A BRICK

VOCABULARY

THICK

A BRICK

DEFINITION

TO BE STUPID TO BE DUMB

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A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

Refers to someone who closely resembles their parent, either in attitude, appearance, interests, or personality.

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TO CATCH SOMEONE RED-HANDED

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong.

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TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

Usual = routine

To think in new ways rather than the usual or expected way of thinking.

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TO SLEEP ON SOMETHING

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

To wait until the next day before making an important decision.

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TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

When someone says something to upset you a second time.

To act in a way which makes a bad situation worse.

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A BITTER PILL

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

Something unpleasant that is difficult to accept but must be accepted.

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TO GET COLD FEET

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

To lose your courage to do something.

To have fear or anxiety about something that's about to happen.

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TO PLAY IT BY EAR

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

If you "play it by ear", you deal with a situation without a definite plan, you just see how things turn out.

To have no plan and to see how things go.

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TO GIVE SOMEONE A HAND

VOCABULARY

Someone = a person/ any person

DEFINITION

To help someone.

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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

This idiom is used to say that you got information from someone but you are not going to say who that person is.

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NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

You shouldn't judge something or someone based only on what you see on the outside without knowing the full situation.

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THERE ARE PLENTY MORE FISH IN THE SEA

VOCABULARY

PLENTY = A lot of/ many

DEFINITION

You use that phrase to comfort someone, saying that even if their relationship has failed, there are many other people they can have relationships with.

IN A NUTSHELL

VOCABULARY

NUTS

DEFINITION

A brief or short summary of something.

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TO BUTTER SOMEONE UP

VOCABULARY

DEFINITION

Someone = a person/ any person

To be nice to someone so that they will help or support you.

To flatter someone, to treat someone especially nicely in hopes of receiving special favors.

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