Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Animal Idioms



We did lesson # 24 of Impact Grammar.
I the second class we did some timed witting assignments.

HOMEWORK:
-doing trying it Impact Grammar
-research and find out your Japanese horoscope.
Tell me what animal you
are and what is special about it.

A4 0r B5 paper

act like an ape
MEANING: behave badly, wildly, foolishly EXAMPLE: He has been acting like an ape ever since his girlfriend left him.
bark up the wrong tree
MEANING: choose the wrong course of action EXAMPLE: He is barking up the wrong tree. He accuses me of causing the computer problem but I was away at the time.

Her bark is worse than her bite
MEANING: someone�s words are worse than their action EXAMPLE: You shouldn''t worry about her. Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person.

Try this fun online quiz http://www.english-zone.com/idioms/animals1a.html