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Third Partial Vocabulary










IDIOMS (p. 516-519)
| |IDIOMS |Meaning |My own example |
|1 |Burning the candle at both ends [pic] |Doing too much |In my work I’m burning the candle at both endsbecause|
| | | |I responsible for all the areas. |
|2 |Putting the cart before the horse[pic] |Doing things in the wrong order |Before I was accepted in a college a bought my books; |
| | ||I putting the cart before the horse. |
|3 |Putting his foot in his mouth [pic] |Saying embarrassing things |all the time he Putting his foot in his mouth because|
| | | |he never think the consequences|
|4 |Beating around the bush [pic] |Speaking indirectly |with your false friends you must Beating around the |
| | | |bush because sometimes want hurt you |
|5 |Looking for a needle in a haystack [pic]|Doing something difficult |when you are looking for a perfect life it is like |
| | | |Looking for a needle in a haystack |
|6 |Playing with fire |Doing something dangerous |if you speed in your car isso fast, it is like |
| | | |Playing with fire because your life is in danger |
|7 |Barking up the wrong tree [pic] |Making a mistake |in your desitions you must omit all the difficulties |
| || |because you can Barking up the wrong tree |
|8 |Looking out for number one |Thinking only about himself |sometimes the people Looking out for number one but |
| | | |this peopledon´t have friends |
|9 |Taking forever and a day |Taking really a long time |some desitions in your lime Taking forever and a day |
| | | |because your life can depend of it |
|10 |Killing two birds withone stone |Accomplishing two things at once |If you want Killing two birds with one stone you must|
| | | |do one by one |
|11 |Missed the boat |Missed an opportunity |Ímissed the boat when I started in the college |
|12 |Jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. |Going from bad to worse |when the people don´t correct errors Jumping out of |
| | | |the frying pan and into the fire they do it more times|
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