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IDIOMS
A. What are idioms?An expression like turn up (meaning arrive), break even
(meaning make neither a profit nor a loss) or a can be difficult to
understand, because its meaning is different from the meanings of the
separate words in the expression. (if you know break and even, this does
not help you at all to understand break even.) Expressions like these are
called idioms. Idioms are usually special to one language an can not be
translated word for word (though related languages may share some
idioms).
B. Situational languageThe expressions that are used in typical everyday situations are often
idiomatic in the same sense. With the help of a dictionary and grammar,
one could invent various possible ways of expressing a particular idea, but
generally there are only one or two ways that happen to be used by English
speakers, and one has to know what they are in order to speak or write
naturally. Some examples:
Could you check the oil? (More natural than could you inspect theoil? Or could you see how much oil there is in engine?)
Is it a direct flight or do I have to change? (More natural than doesthe plane go straight there or another one?)
Sorry I kept you waiting. (More natural than sorry I made youwait.)
Could I reserve a table for three for eight oclock? (More naturalthan could you keep me a table for three persons for eight
oclock?)
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C. Using IdiomIdiom are common in all kinds of English, formal and informal,
spoken and written. However, informal spoken language is often very
idiomatic.
Students should not worry because they do not know all the
collections and other idiomatic expressions that are commonly used by
English speakers. If they use non idiomatic ways of expressing ideas,
they will normally be understood, and English speakers do not expect
foreigners to speak perfectly idiomatically or correctly. It is therefore not
necessary for students to make a special effort to learn and use idioms:
they will learn the most common idiomatic expressions naturally along
with the rest of their speech and writing with idioms the effect will
probably be every strange.
Note that books of idioms often contain expressions which are
slangy, rare or out of date, and which students should avoid unless theyunderstand exactly how and when the expressions are used. This is
particularly true of colourful idioms like raining cats and dog, hit the nail
on the head,eat like a horse or as old as the hills.