drop the other shoe
to make a expected rest of something
Ex: Mss ftima has problems with his boss. she will drop the other shoe and left his work
fight someone or thing tooth and nail
fighting someone or something with pressed and determination
Ex: the libyan people fight elkadafi tooth and nail
by hook or crook
doing or to get something any way.
Ex: sami want to be rich by hook or crook
spit and image of someone
to say there is a close resemblence between someone and an other
Ex: sara is the spit and the image of his sister
by the sweat of one’s brow
by one’s efforts
Ex : safa got a well grade by the sweat of her brow
till the fat lady sings
to say something exist by a long time
Ex:said asked: morad when will you give me my mony
morad: answer i will not do till the fat lady sing
break out in a cold sweat
we say it when we become afraid or anxious and we we begin to sweat
Ex: in the first day of the exam i broke out in cold
chew the fat or chew the rag
chating or gossiping, talking in things not important
Ex: women chew the fat in the coffe feast
a drop in the ocean
if we get something but its not enough
Ex: nabil know well that 100,000 DH is a drop in the ocean to buy a home
a piece of cake
means a easy thing
Ex: the english exam was apiece of cake
at a loose end
there is nothing to do , to be infront of the lost
Ex:still 4 minutes the red cup is at a loose end
a new lease of life
a new chance to live
Ex: stop smoking give a new lease of life
another string to one’s bow
means doing something can make well
Ex: studing is another string to our bow
go down a treat
doing something perfectly make every one enjoy it
Ex she made a cick and she went down a treat
make a song and dance about something
talking and doing noise about something not important
Ex: I think that women should be serious with ignorance but they make a song and dance about fashion
off one’s own bat
if some one made some thing with himself without asking of anyone
Ex: my sister off her own bat and she choose shoes for me
just the ticket
if something is the perfect thing or if it’s the exact thing that we need
Ex : for students in morocco baccalaureate diploma is just the ticket to have a high study
sometimes that is not important and we ignore will become very important and meaningful.
yes you are right what we don’t find it important we ingnore that it will be most
This is really interesting because the use of idioms in spoken English reflects mastery of the language and proficiency of the speaker in conveying a lot of meanings in a safe and economic way.
yes i see, for that i try to learn some of them hoping I become a good english speaker.