نحوه استفاده از Idioms در English Speaking (قسمت سوم)

 1-

Let’s keep studying for IELTS. Practice makes perfect.

 Continuously doing something to improve

 2-

 Don’t get upset about what he said. He’s just pulling your leg.

Joking around

3-

Sorry but I think I’ll take a rain check on that.

 To decline an offer that you will take up later

 4-

 As a rule of thumb, I don’t study at weekends. I spend the time with my family.

 Principal that is strictly adhered / kept to

 5-

 I can smell a rat. He said he has a PhD but he can’t even remember which university he studied at.

 To sense that something is not right

 6-

 She’s the spitting image of her mother.

 To look exactly like someone else

 7-

The ball's in your court now. What are you going to do?

 Telling someone it's now their turn to make a decision

 8-

 Unfortunately I think he’ll be studying for IELTS until the cows come home. His English is very poor.

 For a very long time

9-

 It was all tongue-in-cheek. He didn’t really mean what he said.

Something said in humour rather than seriously

10-

She’s feeling under the weather today so she won’t be going to work.

Unwell

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1. Wow – the painting is……….. of you. Who drew it?

2. I'm a bit busy so I'll ………….., but thanks for inviting me.

3. I've been a bit ………… since last night. I think it may have been something I ate.

4. Are you ………? I don't believe you really did that.

5. The police ………… when he said he wasn't involved in the crime. Someone fitting his description had been seen in the area.

6. Don't worry if you can't do it yet. Keep trying. ………..

7. The ……….. in our house is not to talk about politics – it always ends in arguments!

8. The TV program was a ………… look at American culture. It wasn't that serious.

9. I've told him how angry I am, so ……….. now. We'll see what he does.

10. We'll be waiting ………. for England to win the football World Cup again.

  جواب های صحیح

1. the spitting image

2. take a rain check

3. under the weather

4. pulling my leg

5. smelt a rat

6. practice makes perfect

7. rule of thumb

8. tongue-in-cheek

9. the ball's in his court

10. till the cows come home

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