70616 trinity gese grade 10 idioms

GRADE 10: IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
ROLES IN THE FAMILY

The breadwinner
A wage slave
Put food on the table.

Bring home the bacon.

Chained to the kitchen sink.

Starved of attention
The black sheep of the family.
Be a good role model.
Set a good example
Like father, like son. / A chip off the old block./ The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Nuclear family/ extended family/ one parent family
Tied to his mother’s apron strings./ A mummy’s boy.

Henpecked.

Spread your wings.
Fly/ leave the nest
Cut the apron strings .

A lot of mouths to feed.

Stand on your own two feet.
Blood is thicker than water.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters.
Positive discrimination
Play the gender card.

Is it a level playing field?

The glass ceiling.

Live in an ivory tower
Be born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
Work your fingers to the bone.
Go from rags to riches.
A paper tiger.
Some are more equal than others.

Have everything handed to you
on a silver platter.

USE OF THE INTERNET

Surf the net
Typo
Screen time
Click bait
Selfie
technophobe

A silver surfer

SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
It’s the best thing since sliced bread.
It’s cutting edge/ state of the art

It’s all singing, all
dancing.

Blind someone with science
It’s light years ahead
It’s a real game changer.
Technology has come on in leaps and bounds.
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Brainwash
Bored to tears.

The blind leading the blind.

To learn something parrot fashion.

It’s as much use as
a chocolate teapot.

To be cut out for something.
A square peg in a round hole.
Make the grade.
Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Airy-fairy subjects./ Arty-farty subjects.

The world is your
oyster.

You can lead a horse to water
but you can’t make it drink.

Become a well rounded individual.
STRESS MANAGEMENT
I’m burnt out.
I’ve got a lot on my plate.
It drives me up the wall/ round the bend.

Blow off steam.

To tackle a problem head-on.
To bury your head in the sand.
Blow off steam.
Recharge your batteries.
Let your hair down.
Put your feet up.
Take a breather.
Take time out.
Take a step back.

Bury your head in the sand.


DESIGNER GOODS

Complete tat
He’s got more money than sense.
It’s a rip off

They cost an arm and a leg.

You get what you pay for./ It’s worth every penny.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
It’s a case of the Emperor’s new clothes
You have to look the part.
FUTURE OF THE PLANET

You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.
Green
The future doesn’t look bright. / It doesn’t bear thinking about
Too little, too late. / The damage is done.
Short term thinking.
COMMUNICATION

Get your wires crossed.
I can’t make head nor tail of it.
Get your point across./ Get the message across.
Stick to the point./ Beat around the bush. /Go off on a tangent./ Ramble…..
Spread like wildfire.
I heard it on the grapevine.
Make small talk.
SOCIAL ISSUES

All problems stem from……
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Get their just desserts./ Get away scot free.
We don’t have two pennies to run together.
They would sell their own grandmother.

They sold us down the river.
Turn a blind eye.
Crack down on
_______breeds________


YOUTH BEHAVIOUR

They think the world owes them a living.
The generation gap.
Peer pressure
Fit in. / Be part of the in-crowd.
Be too big for your boots
Be a cry baby
wet behind the ears
born yesterday
spoilt rotten
rub people up the wrong way
To have a face like a wet teabag,

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

We can showcase our tourist resorts.
It attracts the tourists like bees to a honey pot.
It can backfire .
It’s more trouble than it’s worth.
It can do more harm than good.

It’ll put Spain on the map.

Don’t bite off more than you can chew.