Language Centre Workshop 
                              Everyday Idioms 
        Aims 
        -To widen students’ knowledge of idiomatic English 
        - To encourage and enliven the use of idiomatic English 
                What does the idiom mean? 
                1.   Daughter:                 Could I have a party while you’re gone? 
                     Parent:                                  That’s out of the question. 
                A. No problem at all.      OR                  
                B.   To be impossible. 
                 
                 
                2.   Patrick’s telephone number is just on the tip of my tongue.  
                A. Close to being remembered or said.      OR    
                B.   Mentioned already  
                 
                 
                3.   Larry dropped Angela a line so that she would know where he 
                     moved. 
                A. To mail a letter (to Angela)  OR 
                B.   To draw a picture with lines to show where Larry moved. 
                 
                4.   Look, it’s already 6:00pm.  Time to call it a day. 
                A. To phone somebody else                     OR               
                                                   
                B.   To stop working 
                               (Join us and get the answers in the session) 
                More, More......   
                     rains cats and dogs / cut classes / teacher’s pet / make 
                     oneself at home / cost an arm and a leg / break the ice / 
                     fix the meal……   
                                                                               
                                                                          
                        Date: 3/11/2016 (Thursday) 
                        Time: 10:00-11:00 (Rm 527) 
                  Tel. enquiry: 3653 6754 (Dr. Patrick Lee) 
                                                      Organized by Language Centre