Fill your vocabulary with idioms

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Fill your vocabulary with idioms.

If you are looking for idioms to develop your students’ vocabulary, you may find this site interesting, as it’s not complicated and full of idioms that can be used in practical everyday situations: www.idiomsite.com

This is an example from the list:

A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:

Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.

 

A Blessing In Disguise:

Something good that isn't recognized at first.

 

A Chip On Your Shoulder:

Being upset for something that happened in the past.

 

A Dime A Dozen:

Anything that is common and easy to get.

 

A Doubting Thomas:

A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.

 

A Drop in the Bucket:

A very small part of something big or whole.

 

A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted:

It's easy for a foolish person to lose his/her money.

 

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand:

Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.

 

A Leopard Can't Change His Spots:

You cannot change who you are.

 

A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned:

By not spending money, you are saving money (little by little).

 

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words:

A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.

 

A Piece of Cake:

A task that can be accomplished very easily.