نحوه استفاده از Idioms در English Speaking

Idiom به گروهی از کلمات گفته می شود که معنی اش را نمی توان از معنی تک تک کلمات موجود در گروه حدس زد، بلکه معنی این گروه کلمات از کنار هم قرار گرفتن تمامی آنها در یک نظم خاص بوجود می آید.

یکی از مواردی که در یادگیری زبان باید به آن توجه شودیادگیری اصطلاحات انگلیسی می باشد. در این بخش اصطلاحات زبان انگلیسی را با تصویر خواهید دید. این نکته را فراموش نکنید که یادگیری اصطلاحات زبان انگلیسی با تصویر بسیار راحت تر است و مدت زمان طولانی تری نیز در ذهن می مانند

اصطلاحات زبان انگلیسی (idioms) کلمات و عبارات ثابتی هستند کـه یـا از لحاظ گرامری غیرعادی هستند مثل

«Long time, no see» و یا از این جهت که دارای معنی‌ای هستند که نمی‌تواند از معانی کلمات تشکیل دهنده آن استخراج شود مانند It’s raining cats and dogs هر زبانی دارای اصطلاحات خاص خودش می‌باشد و اغلب فراگیری آنها برای زبان‌آموزها دشوار می‌باشد.

در این مقاله با تعدادی از Idiom ها آشنا میشویم.

It cost me an arm and a leg to take my trip to Australia

Very expensive

I was over the moon when he asked me to marry him

Extremely pleased or happy

You are taking your IELTS test next week?? Aren’t you jumping the gun. You’ve only just started studying

Doing or starting something too early

He comes round to see me once in a blue moon

Happening very rarely

He’s got a chip on his shoulder

Feeling inferior or having a grievance about something

I reckon getting a band 7 in IELTS will be a piece of cake! I’m very good at English

Very easy

The money sent by comic relief to help poverty in Africa is just a drop in the ocean. They need far more than this

A very small part of something much bigger

Getting a low score the first time I took IELTS was a blessing in disguise. It forced me to study extremely hard so I got a much better score the next time

Something positive that isn’t recognized until later

We have to actually do something about global warming. Actions speak louder than words

It’s better to actually do something rather than just talking about it

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I bumped into Jenny in town the other day. It's a small world

Meeting someone you would not have expected to

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Oh well, I got 5.5 in IELTS again. Back to the drawing board

When an attempt to do something fails and it's time to start all over again using different methods

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I hate my job so much I can’t bare going to work, but if I quit I don’t think I can get another job. I’m really stuck / caught between a rock and a hard place

Having two very bad choices

(note: stuck/caught can be omitted)

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I have to bite my tongue so I don’t say what I really think of him

Wanting to say something but stopping yourself

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Come on, cut to the chase. We haven’t got all day

Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point

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Are you putting all of your savings into that company? Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Putting all of ones resources into one possibility

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Try not to worry about it. Every cloud has a silver lining

Believing that every bad situation has a positive side / eventually leads to something

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It was difficult when I moved to another country but I eventually found my feet

To become comfortable in what you are doing

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My parents are very fixed in their ways. They won’t start using the internet

Not wanting to change from the normal ways of doing things

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I think he got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He is in a terrible mood

To refer to someone who is having a bad day

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My mother will always go the extra mile to help people

Doing much more than is required when doing something

حال برای بخاطر سپردن بهتر عبارات تمرین های زیر را حل کرده و در آخر جواب های خود را با جواب های صحیح مقایسه کنید.

Getting my car fixed is going to cost me ...................... as the engine has completely blown, but I have no choice. I need it for work

The flu I had a few weeks ago which prevented me from going on holiday with my friends was ......................They had a terrible time. Everything went wrong and it cost them a lot of money

.............I was in a café in Italy and amazingly I saw Paul from down the road in there

Jan is finally getting a chance to go on her trip of a life time, a holiday to Australia! She was ...................... when I spoke to her

three pounds may seem like ......................but if everyone contributed that much we'd have thousands

...............!The government keeps talking about reducing poverty but what do they ever do about it? Nothing

I've got a promotion at work, but all John did was make a joke about it. He has a real ......................I think he is just jealous

The interview for that new job was ......................They asked me really easy questions

The new Martin Scorsese film is out at the cinema. A film that comes out that I really enjoy and want to see happens ...................... , so I'll definitely go and see it

He was ..................... When he gave up his job to start university. Now he has found out he can't get a grant

Can you ..................... and tell us if we are going to lose our jobs or not

............Don't be so grumpy with me! Did you

He's very ..................... He'll never vote Labour. He's voted for the Conservative party his whole life

I know everything seems very bad at the moment but .....................I'm sure something good will come out of it

I know you shouldn't .....................but I'm going to sell all my stocks and shares and purchase an off-plan property in Spain. I'm sure it will be fine

I was .....................in that meeting. I really wanted to tell him that his idea was no good but you can't say that to the boss

................It doesn't look like this strategy to improve the company's profits is working, so it's

Jane really .....................yesterday. I only asked her to pick the kids up from school, but she took them home, helped with their homework and put them to bed

She's .....................Her marriage isn't working so she's very unhappy at home, but if she moves out and leaves him her family will blame her and won't talk to her

................The job might seem confusing at first as there are a lot of different departments you need to work with but you'll soon

جواب های صحیح

an arm and a leg

a blessing in disguise

it's a small world

over the moon

a drop in the ocean

actions speak louder than words

chip on his shoulder

a piece of cake

once in a blue moon

jumping the gun