ENGLISH DOT WORKS 7 - EVIDENCE ‘’A WORLD OF IMAGES’’
Idiom: ‘’Cat got your tongue?’’
Definition: you say that when someone
is pretty quiet or when don’t want to talk
about something
Idiom: ‘’Head over Heels’’
Definition: A person who is crazy in
love about someone or something.
Examples: - The girl who comes every
day to the library seems the cat got her
tongue. She doesn’t talk, is a mysterious
girl.
- When my dad buy me a car, I couldn’t
pronounce a world, so he ask me ‘’Cat
got your tongue?’’
- I was arguing with my brother last night,
and when I gave him my arguments he
seems the cat got his tongue
In Colombian Spanish:
Te comieron la lengua los ratones?
Examples:
-When I was a child I fall head over heels in
love of the planes, I just wanted to have my
feet in the air.
-That man is head over heels of his wife,
every day he gives her a rouse.
-I’m head over heels about a new book I
am reading.
In Colombian Spanish: Perdidamente
enamorado
Idiom: ‘Close… but no cigar!’’
Definition: Someone that was so
close to reach something but he
didn’t.
You use it when for bother with
someone about something for
example a guess
Idiom: To be the black sheep of the family
Definition: To be different or have a
different ideals that you don’t share with the
family
Not to be the family’s favorite
Examples:
- I was so close to win the jackpot, I’m
missing just a number to win, close… but no
cigar!
- He wanted to dance with she, but in the
moment he decided the girls go out, close…
but no cigar
- My mom wants to do a delicious dish from
a famous restaurant, but the taste is not the
same, close… but not cigar.
In Colombian Spanish: Pegó en el palo
Examples: Susana doesn’t like to go
to church, and her mom tells her all
the time she is the black sheep of the
family.
- My brother and I, have tattoos and
our grandma tell us we are the black
sheep of the family, because nobody
else has
- I don’t want to have children or get
married, so I supposed I’m the black
sheep of the family.
In Colombian Spanish:
Ser la oveja negra de la familia
Idiom: ’’Easy peasy lemon squeezy’’
Definition: Something you are so
good doing and no takes a lot of
effort for you
Idiom: ‘’Sell like hot cakes’’
Definition: talk about something that
it is to easy to sell
Something its good enough to last
Examples: - I have an exam today, but it’s
my favorite class, so easy peasy lemon
squeezy!
- My mom enrolled in a pastry contest, her
desserts are the best, so the prize is belong
to her, easy peasy lemon squeezy
- My car was varied on the road, but lucky
me that I know mechanics, so easy peasy
lemon squeezy for me!
In Colombian Spanish:
Es pan comido!
Examples: - The concert tickets sells like
hot cakes!
- The new idea of the company will make the
products sell like hot cakes!
- Nowadays the cellphones sells like hot
cake!
In Colombian Spanish: Se vende como pan
caliente
Idiom: ‘’Look for needle in a
haystack’’
Definition: To search for something
pretty difficult
Means to find someone unique and
special
Examples: -He says that having found her,
is like look for needle in a haystack. She is
unique
- Find a good and weel paid job is like look
for needle in a haystack
- Nowadays find a true friendship is like look
for needle in a haystack, it is pretty difficult.
In Colombian Spanish: Hayar una aguja en
un pajar