To our kind and hard working

project students and teachers..

Thank you to everyone who 

contributed...

WRITERS

1.Ceyda KARACA (ECA Elginkan Anatolian High School..................................3-9

2.Fatma KAYA (Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL)...................................................10-16

3.Class 1st Batx B and  María Jesús Tur, IES Balàfia, (Spain)............... ......17-33

4.Filiz Karakan (Gülşen Batar A.L:)................................................................33-41

5. Sara Matilla ( Divina Pastora, Toledo) ......................................................42-46

6. Giovanna Cesare ( Liceo S. Elio Vittorini)..................................................47-49

7. Laura Silva Maria (AESAndré Barreiro) .................................................... 50-63

8. Clop Liana Ioana ( Tech. Highschool Ioan Ciordas) .................................64-70

9. Matrona Imbriano ( I.S.I.S.S. G.B. Novelly, Marcianise).......................... 71-75

Idioms with A - ECA Elginkan

1- a hard nut to crack: a problem that is difficult to solve/ 

2-apple pie order: neat and tidy in the arrangement

e.g.  My mother is always cleaning. The house is in apple-pie order.

3- anything but: by no means

e.g. We went to see that new action film on Thursday night and it was anything but good, in fact, I fell asleep.

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4- apple of eye: someone very precious

-----My youngest daughter is the apple of my eye. 

5- ahead of the curve: doing sth better than other people, companies.

----She is so ahead of the curve with her dress sense.

Idioms with B - ECA Elginkan

Bitter Pill: An unwanted or unpleasant situation that someone is forced to accept.======= 

When Brett's parents stopped giving him money to pay his bills and told him to get a job, it was a bitter pill for him to swallow.

Idioms with C - ECA Elginkan

*Chill Pill:  Something that has a relaxing or calming effect. ====== - 

Daren was so scared and stressed out on the plane back home, so I yelled at him “Take a chill pill, you're freaking everybody out”.

*Cold Sweat: The condition where extreme fear or nervousness causes a person to feel a chill along with moist skin or sweat.===== - 

I woke up from a nightmare, breathing heavy and in cold sweat. 

Idioms with C - ECA Elginkan

*Cross the Line: Behave in a way that is not acceptable.=====-

This newspaper has crossed the line. This article is so offensive to so many people. 

*Come Out: To reveal something. (often unintentionally) ======-I didn't mean to tell him about your job interview, it just came out.

*Come to Think of/About It: Something that has just occurred to us as we speak. ======- Come to think of it, add potatoes and carrots to the list.

IDIOMS wıth D 

1.Dead end: a street, corridor, road, pipe etc., that has no exit.

E.g:  My carier has hit a dead end.

2. Dance with death:  try to do something that involves a lot of risks.

E.g:He danced with death when he tried to negotiate a deal with that dangerous criminal.

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

3. Desperate times call for desperate measures:

In a very challenging situation you need to take extreme actions
 E.g:She moved to Australia after she found out about her husband’s affair. I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures!

4.Don't count your chickens before they  hatch: "Don't make plans for something that might not happen

E.g: She wanted to buy a dress in case someone asked her to the dance,but I told her not to count her chickens before they hatched.

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

5.Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

E.g:Although you’ve made an offer on this house, I would still 

visit some others. You don’t want to put all your 

eggs in one basket

6.Drive crazy:   to disturb or irritate someone

E.g :He drives me crazy with the lazy way he executes all his tasks 

7.Drink like a fish: to drink heavily, which becomes worrisome

E.g: At any party that he goes, he drinks like a fish. 

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

IDIOMS WITH  "E"

1. End up : reach a particular place or condition  

E.g:  The carbonhydrates you eat end up as glucose in the blood. 

2.Eat words : to take back what was said

E.g: I said he’d never win, but I had to eat my words.

3. Every cloud has a silver lining: There is something good in everything that is bad.

E.g: I found a new job after all and I like this one much better than the last!“You see, every cloud has a silver lining.”

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

4.Easier said than done:something seems like a good idea, but it would be difficult to do

E.g:"Why don't you just ask Simon to pay?" 

That's easier said than done."

5.Easy come , easy go :readily won and readily lost

E.g: I won a lot of money at the casino last night but lost it on my way out. Oh well, easy come, easy go

6. Eat like a horse: to eat large amounts of food

E.g:John: Have you noticed how fat he has become?
Leila: No wonder he eats like a horse.

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

IDIOMS WITH  "F"

1. Fall in love: to be very attracted to someone

E.g: My brother and his fiancee fell in love when they went for a camping trip together with a group of friends

2.Flesh and blood: This phrase refers to direct family members, people that share a DNA, that is, flesh and blood 

E.g: Of course I care about her well-being, my sister is my flesh and blood after all.  

3.Feel blue: feel depressed or sad

E.g:  I have been feeling blue ever since the death of my best friend.

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

4. Fight like cat and dog: 

argue jealously and violently all the time.

E.g : She and her brother fight like cat and dog  but in truth, she loves her brother a lot.

5. From A to Z: comprehensive

E.g: Steve Job's latest book tell the story of his from A to Z. 

6. From the cradle to the grave: 

during the whole of your life, throughout life. 

E.g: This health plan provides protection from the cradle to the grave. 

*By Nevşehir Cemil Meriç SBL students

IDIOMS with G , by IES Balàfia 1st Bachillerato B students

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IDIOMS with H,  by IES Balàfia 1st Bachillerato B students

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IDIOMS with I, by IES Balàfia 1st Batxillerat B students

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IDIOMS WITH  'J'

Gülşen Batar Anatolian High School

just what the doctor ordered

joined at the hip

Meaning

IDIOMS WITH   'K'

GÜLŞEN BATAR ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

knotty problem

IDIOMS WITH 'L'

GÜLŞEN BATAR ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

light years away

like a bat out of hell

Idioms with "M"

1- Made of money:  be rich

2-Make your mouth water: It means that someone is thinking about eating something delicious.

e.g.  My mouth makes water when I see a cake.

3. Make a mountain out of a molehill: Exagerate the severity of the situation.
e.g. It is not that bad, you are makin a mountain out of a molehill

4- Monkey see, monkey do:  refers to copying someone's actions without putting much thought into it. 

e.g"He started an exercise routine and his wife copied it. It was a monkey see, monkey do sort of situation".

5-Make a fast buck: It means to earn money quickly and without effort.
e.g. I shouldn't have tried to make a fast buck.

Idioms with "N"

1- Name the day: Fix the date of an important event, for example a marriage.
e.g. Sarah and John are going to name the day soon

2-"No dog in this fight" The person who says this means that he/she won't be affected about  the outcome of something. 
e.g"I have no dog in this fight, I don't care the results of the exam".

3. "nothing to write home about":  it means that something is fine but it is not the best in the world or anything very different
e.gOur trip to the country was ok, but nothing to write home about.

4- no spring chicken: said of a person who is no longer particularly young.
e.g Although he's no spring chicken, he runs fast.

5-not bat an eyelid: to show no reaction or not to display even a hint of an emotional response.
e.g She didn't even bat an eyelid when they told her that her husband had an affair with his secretary.

Idioms with "O"

1- Name the day: Fix the date of an important event, for example a marriage.
e.g. Sarah and John are going to name the day soon

2-"No dog in this fight" The person who says this means that he/she won't be affected about  the outcome of something. 
e.g"I have no dog in this fight, I don't care the results of the exam".

3. "nothing to write home about":  it means that something is fine but it is not the best in the world or anything very different
e.gOur trip to the country was ok, but nothing to write home about.

LICEO SCIENTIFICO ELIO VITTORINI ITALY

IDIOMS WITH  P

LICEO SCIENTIFICO ELIO VITTORINI ITALY

IDIOMS WITH  Q

Quake in one's boots. To be frightened, scared, or nervous.

 Example : the thought of climbing that high had him quaking in his boots.