Idiomatic American English - Lesson 97+98 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy, April 12th, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 49

IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 49

Lesson 97 ~ A QUACK Dialogue Mae: That doctor is a quack. You run a risk if you use him. Susan: He won't talk straight from the shoulder. He thinks I believe him hook, line and sinker. Mae: Don't have him pull any punches. Ask him if it's a touch and go situation. Susan: You're right. I'm sick and tired of getting the runaround. Mae: As far as I'm concerned. he's nothing but hot air. Vocabulary - quack n.) an ignorant or fraudulent doctor - run (take) a risk v.) be open to danger or loss, unprotected - straight from the shoulder adv.) open and honest way of speaking - hook, line and sinker adv.) without question or doubt - pull punches v.) hide unpleasant facts or make them seem good - touch and go adj.) very dangerous or uncertain - sick and tired adj.) disliking some continual behavior, annoyed - get (give) the runaround v.) be sent from place to place without getting the information needed - hot air n.) nonsense or exaggerated talk

PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

a) touch and go b) hot air c) runaround d) straight from the shoulder

e) quack f) pull any punches g) sick and tired

h) run a risk i) hook, line and sinker 1. You.........of being hit by a car if you cross the street without looking. 2 He spoke bluntly. He didn't......... 3. What did I do wrong? Teli it to me 4. That doctor is no good. He's a......... 5. The salesman said the car was in good condition. The customer believed him......... 6. Don't listen to him. He doesn't know anything. It's a lot of......... 7. The team u'on the game by a narrow marqin. It was.........for a while. 8. I'm.........of eating hamburgers every day. 9. I was overcharged on my bill. Nobody wants to help. I keep getting the......... II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. 1. We don't know who's going to win that game. It's a very uncertain outcome. 2. That's a lot of nonsense. 3. They sent me from place to place without giving me the information I needed. 4. Tell him he better not hide the truth. 5. The programs on television are continuously bad. 6. That doctor doesn't know what he's doing. 7. I want you to honestly give me your opinion. 8. If you go out in the rain without an umbrella, you'll probably catch a cold. 9. I believe everything he said.

Lesson 98 ~ A STUFFED SHIRT Dialogue Bryan: That new employee is a stuffed shirt. I had his number from the start. Harold: You were right all along. Nobody can break the ice with him. He's getting off on the wrong foot. Bryan: I think we'll have to cut him down to size. Harold: When they chose him, they scraped the bottom of the barrel. Bryan: He is the pits. Harold: I think he got the job by the skin of his teeth. Vocabulary - stuffed shirt n.) a person who is rigid or too formal - have someone's number v.) know what kind of person someone is - all along adv.) all the time - break the ice v.) overcome formality or shyness with others - get off (start off) on the wrong foot v.) make a bad start - cut someone down to size v.) prove someone is not as good as he or she thinks - scrape the bottom of the barrel v.) take whatever is left after the best has been taken - the pits n.) the worst, anything that is very bad - by the skin of one's teeth adv.) by a very small margin PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the corcect idiom.

a) cut him down to size b) all along c) by the skin of'his teeth d) the pits

e) scrape the bottom of the barrel f) got off on the wrong foot

g) stuffed shirt h) had his number i) break the ice 1. I went to that new movie and it was awful. It was......... 2. The vote was 102 to 100. He won......... 3. He never smiles or has any fun. All he thinks about is doing things properly.He is a......... 4. Ann chewed gum her first day at school and the teacher was angry. I think Ann......... 5. It is difficult to find good soldiers. The Arrny has to......... 6. On the …