The Amazing World of Idioms Olga Pavlovskaya 9B Scientific Manager: I.V.Zubrilina. - презентация

1 The Amazing World of Idioms Olga Pavlovskaya 9B Scientific Manager: I.V.Zubrilina

2 Topic: The history of English and American idiomatic expressions

3 An IDIOM is a phrase or expression that has a meaning different from what the words suggest in their usual meaning

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7 A witch-hunt – a search for and persecution of people whose views are regarded as evil.

8 To have an axe to grind – to have a personal, often stylish reason for being involved in something.

9 Fly off the handle – to lose ones tempo

10 To give somebody the work – to kill someone.

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