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| On the Ball |
| 01.31.04 (11:05 am) [edit] |
Yoceline selected the idiom "on the ball." It means alert, effective, skillful, knowledgeable, ready to go.
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This idiom originated with British football, what we call soccer. It could also be said that a person is "on top of things." As ball games became more popular, so did this expression.
Yoceline is showing us how we can be purposeful and alert in other areas, such as eating lunch! Lots of other students would join her in being on the ball as they are heading toward the cafeteria!
Our group is on the ball as we keep learning more and more about idioms!
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| Fight Tooth and Nail |
| 01.26.04 (9:13 am) [edit] |
Derrick picked the idiom "Fight Tooth and Nail". It means to fight fiercely, furiously, and ferociously! Derrick has a great illustration:
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This colorful expression goes far back to a Latin proverb that became a French saying centuries later and finally came into English in 1562. When wild animals fight, they often bite and claw each other. Sometimes people fight fiercely, as if they were animals fighting a deadly battle "tooth and nail".
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| Pull Yourself Together |
| 01.15.04 (12:35 pm) [edit] |
Jerry chose this idiom. The meaning of "pull yourself together" is to get control over your emotions and become calm after being very upset. Jerry has a good illustration.
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There are lots of idioms that you could use for being upset: "blowing one's top", "breaking down," "falling apart," "going to pieces," "losing one's head,", etc. All of these mean that you are losing control of your feelings. So, when people get calm after being upset, they have pulled themselves together again.
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| Raise an Eyebrow |
| 01.10.04 (10:42 am) [edit] |
Jacqueline put her shoulder to the wheel when she came up with a very good sentence and an excellent illustration for the idiom "raise an eyebrow".
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"Raise an eyebrow" means to surprise or shock people by doing or saying something ourtageous. It usually causes somebody to show disapproval in his or her facial expression.
This idiom is fairly modern and represents what happens to lots of people's faces when they see or hear something that really startles them. They raise their eyebrows.
Wow! I can't wait to hear the sentences the rest of you will make next week. You may even become idiom experts before this year is over! Wouldn't that be something?
Now, I hope I have some really good idiom detectives who are thinking so hard that new wrinkles are being made in those brains- thinking wrinkles, of course. Can anyone locate an additional idiom in these paragraphs?????
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| Nutty as a Fruitcake |
| 01.07.04 (1:38 pm) [edit] |
This idiom comes from Luz. The meaning of "nutty as a fruitcake" is crazy or extremely strange in behavior or dress.
This widely used saying started in America in the 1920's. "Nutty" was slang for crazy; a "nut" was a strange person who seemed abnormal in the way he or she appeared or dressed. Fruitcakes contain lots of nuts, so if a person is as "nutty as a fruitcake," he or she is really strange.
Take note of Luz's sentence:
I was certain that Mandy's sister was nutty as a fruitcake.
We can't wait to hear the sentences you come up with for this idiom!
A big thanks to SuperThinker's neices and nephews! We loved the sentences they wrote!
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