TherearemanyidiomsinEnglish.Anidiomisaphrasethatwecan'tunderstandfromthemeaningofeachword.Thefollowingaresomeofthem.
Asthecrowflies
Whenabirdfliesfromplacetoplaceittakesthemostdirectroute.Butwhenpeopledrivetheyhavetofollowroadsandoftengofarther.Whenpeoplegiveadistance"asthecrowflies"theymeantheshortestdistancebetweenthetwopointsnotthedistanceyouwouldhavetotravelbyfollowingroads.
AsDanandhismumdrovealongtheriver theycouldseethebeachontheoppositeside.Danasked"Howfarisittothebeach?"
"It'sonlyaboutaquarterofamileasthecrowflies"hismothersaid.
Blowhotandcold
InoneofAesop'sFablesamanblowsonhisfingerstowarmthemupandthenblowsonhissouptocoolitdown.Inbothcasesthemanisopeninghismouthbutwhatcomesoutisdifferent.Ifapersonsaysonethingandlatersaystheoppositewesaythatthepersonisblowinghotandcold.
"IsFeliciagoingtotryoutforthesoccerteamthisyear?"Stacyasked.
"Idon'tknow"Triciareplied."Lastweekshewassayingyesbutthisweekshe'ssayingno.She'sreallyblowinghotandcold."
Breaktheice
Nowadayspeopleusethephrasetorefertoendinganawkwardsilencebybeginningaconversation.
Itwasthefirstdayofsummercamp.Thefourgirlsbegantomaketheirbedsinsilence.Noneofthegirlskneweachotherandnooneknewwhattosay.Finallyoneofthembroketheicebysaying"Heywhere'severybodyfrom?"
Burythehatchet
InnativeAmericanculturewhentwonationsagreedtoendtheirwartheyburiedthehatchet.Sotoburythehatchetistomakepeacewithsomeoneelse.
Colincouldnotexcusehissisterforbreakinghistennisracket.Finallyhissistersaid"Colincan'tweburythehatchet?"
9. Whatdoes"asthecrowflies"mean?
A.Inthesmoothestway. B.Inastraightline. C. Byplane. D.Attopspeed.
10. "Blowhotandcold"canbeusedtotalkaboutsomeone's______.
A. dishonesty B.ch
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