Bite off more than one can chew
This means try to do more than you can do.
Example
S: I’m taking 5 IB higher level classes.
J: FIVE!
S: Why? I think I can manage 5 HL classes.
J: Don’t bite off more than you can chew! It will be very difficult!
It means to get a quick sleep. For example, SoYoon was sleepy because of her work. She couldn’t sleep until 4 a.m. Next day, She was falling a sleep in the class and her teacher, Mr. Marshall, said “You have to catch some Zs, SoYoon!”
This idiom means that there is something weird going on in the atmosphere. For example, there is a crime at I.S.M. When an inspector asks Jun Lee, suddenly he says he is not guilty of this crime. In this case, an inspector feels fishy about Jun Lee.
At the eleventh hour
Definition: Start doing something in the last moment before its deadline.
Example: Jack always writes his homework at the eleventh hour, and that is really not a good behavior since it is impossible to make good quality of work in such a short period of time.
English Idioms:
“Burn the midnight oil”
Definition: Burn the midnight oil is an English idiom means to stay awake late at night to work or study.
Explanation: Before 19th century, the electric lights have not been invented. People were burning oil as lights so that people can see at night.
Example: Peter is burning the midnight oil tonight and I hope he can do well on the exam tomorrow.
drag one’s feet. It means to hold other people up an not be willing to put effort in. In this case the example can be “go and get your homework done! Just get on with it! Don’t drag your feet!”
Bite off more than one can chew
This means try to do more than you can do.
Example
S: I’m taking 5 IB higher level classes.
J: FIVE!
S: Why? I think I can manage 5 HL classes.
J: Don’t bite off more than you can chew! It will be very difficult!
> Idiom
‘Catch some Zs’
‘Catch some Zs’ means to sleep.
E.g. Minjung has been on the EPIC trip. She was very tired because she did so much work. On her way back, she caught some Zs on the bus.
‘Catch some Zs’
It means to get a quick sleep. For example, SoYoon was sleepy because of her work. She couldn’t sleep until 4 a.m. Next day, She was falling a sleep in the class and her teacher, Mr. Marshall, said “You have to catch some Zs, SoYoon!”
‘There’s something fishy about this’
This idiom means that there is something weird going on in the atmosphere. For example, there is a crime at I.S.M. When an inspector asks Jun Lee, suddenly he says he is not guilty of this crime. In this case, an inspector feels fishy about Jun Lee.
‘bite off more than one can chew’
It means that trying to do more than one can do.
Example:
He is always struggling with his assignments because he always bites off more than he can chew.
It’s black and white.
-This means that it is very clear that will not cause any confusion. .
e.g.
-When you’re flying a plane, it’s black and white – you can’t be wrong, you’ve got to be right.
At the eleventh hour
Definition: Start doing something in the last moment before its deadline.
Example: Jack always writes his homework at the eleventh hour, and that is really not a good behavior since it is impossible to make good quality of work in such a short period of time.
English Idioms:
“Burn the midnight oil”
Definition: Burn the midnight oil is an English idiom means to stay awake late at night to work or study.
Explanation: Before 19th century, the electric lights have not been invented. People were burning oil as lights so that people can see at night.
Example: Peter is burning the midnight oil tonight and I hope he can do well on the exam tomorrow.
‘bug (verb)’
to annoy
e.g. stop buggin him!
It’s piece of cake
- It means that it is very easy and you can do the work very easilly
Example:
- Math is piece of cake
- That test was piece of cake
drag one’s feet. It means to hold other people up an not be willing to put effort in. In this case the example can be “go and get your homework done! Just get on with it! Don’t drag your feet!”
A frog in the well (a chinese idiom)
A person only has narrow views. This phrase comes from the idea that a frog in the well has a narrow view of the world
e.g. – Before travelling to other countries, I was like a frog in a well, didn’t know the whole world.