"English as a Second Language" by Lucy Honig

Strange American Idioms (when you think about it):

• A computer is a handy thing to have when going to college.

• Man, I'm really feeling blue today.

• Well, that just came out of the blue!

• The kid's answer came out of left field.

• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

• The Philadelphia 76ers are the underdog.

• Why do you have a chip on your shoulder?

• That was a piece of cake.

• That's all Greek to me.

• She is the apple of my eye.

• They are ready to fight at the drop of a hat.

• Break a leg!

• I'm so disappointed; I totally bought a lemon.

• Don't cry wolf.

• Please, excuse my French...

• They're going to send you to the funny farm.

• We have an axe to grind.

• I'm going to hit the sack.

• Knock on wood...

• Let me show you the ropes.

• Get out of town!

• I think we need to pull the plug.

• Let me take a raincheck.

• Son of a gun!

• They are spitting images of one another.

• The whole nine yards.

• I'm feeling under the weather.

• Yeah... when pigs fly!

Adapted from: http://www.idiomsite.com/

Idioms From Other Languages That are Really Not More Strange That The American Ones (when you think about it):

1. Armenian: Stop ironing my head!

2. Cheyenne: Are you still riding the goat?

3. Cheyenne: My tapeworm can almost talk by itself.

4. Czech: To walk around hot porridge.

5. Dutch: I sweat carrots.

6. Dutch: I'm polar bearing.

7. Dutch: She smokes like a heretic. 

8. Estonian: Make something out of wood and paint it red.

9. Finnish: To have long teeth.

10. French: To have long teeth.

11. Hindi: My body parts are loose.

12. Italian: To put a flea in somebody's ear.

13. Italian: Are your ears lined with ham?

14. Korean: It's a carrot.

15. Russian: To hang noodles over one's ears.

16. Spanish: I'm eating my head.

17. Tibetan: To put up a beer tent.

18. Ukrainian: My cottage is at the edge.

19. Welsh: On the back of a white horse.

Adapted from: http://www.omniglot.com/language/idioms/index.php

Educational fair use. Accessed from: http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/1999/04-02/features4.html

Highlight the answers below:

1. Stop annoying me!

2. Are you still divorced?

3. I'm extremely hungry.

4. Avoiding the situation (Beating around the bush)

5. I'm sweating a lot (Sweating like a pig)

6. Pacing

7. She smokes too many cigarettes.

8. Explain it clearly.

9. To do something unwillingly (loath).

10. To be ambitious.

11. I'm tired.

12. Start a rumor.

13. Are you listening?

14. It's obvious.

15. Tell lies/talk nonsense.

16. I'm thinking.

17. Get married.

18. It's none of my business.

19. Causing mischief.