LEARNING RESOURCES

 

IDIOMS

    

    Have you ever heard of idioms? Do you know what is an idiom? 

                Don't worry, I will help you, dear students, let's explore together!

The meaning of Idioms

• Idioms are known as the common expression used to convey some hidden meaning of words. The meaning of each idiom differs from the literal interpretation of one.

• For instance, the idiom of "You've got egg on your face" which actual meaning refers to someone who is looking foolish or stupid for something that they may have done. therefore, if someone may interpret its meaning, there is an egg on someone's face.

The advantages of learning Idioms

There are many advantages of learning English idioms in daily life conversation, such as:

1) Giving us the space to express ourself

•  By using idioms, people can easily be expressing themselves in a varieties ways such as in idiomatic words. The deeper meaning behind those words will eventually make the conversation more interactive and less boring.

2) Idioms can help to boost your conversational English skills

• According to (English Language Learning: Knowing the Importance of Idioms, 2019), using idioms in your conversation, will make you look like a native speaker as you are able to understand the concept and the context of idioms.

3) Help you to improve your English 

• If you're learning English for a second or even a foreign language, playing with idioms can help you to improve your English to be better and looks way connected and expressive.

4) Learning idioms may help your writing to be more engaging 

• Writing an easy using idioms will make your essay attractive and impressive. Idioms will enhance your writing as it has deeper meaning in it. 

The examples of  Idioms

These examples of idioms might help you to improve your daily conversation as well as your essays. By applying idioms your life will be much more colourful and less dull. Here are the common examples of idioms used by many people.

1) In for a penny, in for a pound 

• In Malay this idioms refers to "sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit"
• In English these idioms may refer to indicates if you have started what you're doing right now, don't ever stop until you have finished it.

2) A piece of cake

• The work given is easy

3) No pain no gain

• You must work for something that you want

4) So far so good

• Things are going well as planned

5) Hit the sack

• Go to bed and sleep

All the information above are based on:

1) English Language Learning: Knowing the Importance of Idioms. (2019, May 7). ASC English. https://www.ascenglish.com/blog/2019/05/understanding-the-importance-of-idioms-in-english-language-learning/

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