Idiom Examples “to get out of hand” “to pay through the nose”

Idiom Examples

• “to get out of hand” • “to pay through the nose”

• Definition: To allow a situation to get out of control.

• The police had allowed the incident to get way out of hand.

• Definition: An expression that says someone has paid more money for something than what that something is worth.

• My mom paid through the nose for her new computer.

Idiom Examples

• “to take someone under your wing”• Definition: To mentor someone or to take over looking after another.

• After the sudden death of their mother and father, the twins were taken under the wings of their aunt and uncle.

“to bang your head against a brick wall”

• Definition: This idiom means that a person is feeling frustrated because they are getting nowhere either with themselves or with another.

• Sometimes I feel as if I am banging my head against a brick wall when trying to convince my teenage son that some of his actions are not acceptable.

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• “under the weather”• Definition: Someone

is not feeling very well.

• I stayed home from work today because I was feeling a bit under the weather.

• “to pull your weight”• Definition: To work as

hard as you possibly can, or at least give a contribution to a task that is equal to your peers.

• If she does not start pulling her own weight, I am going to have to report her to the instructor.

Idiom Examples

• “to be one card short of a deck”• Definition: A person is a little slow or unintelligent.

• My mother in law is so crazy; I honestly think that she is one card short of a deck.

• “to throw in the towel”• Definition: A way of expressing that someone has given up and stopped trying.

• After seeing that she was never going to understand economics, Denise threw in the towel.

Cognates

A word with similar pronunciation and meaning in multiple languages.

False Cognates

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Greek and Latin Roots as Cognates

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Idiom Examples “to get out of hand” “to pay through the nose”

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