In today's class we:

  • Remember...NO PHONES in class

  • Discussed the video exercise from last class (about everyday language)
  • Did chapter 22
  • Looked at 10 more essential idioms:

You’ve got to draw the line somewhere- To set a limit

Hold your horses- Stop what you are doing or slow down

Larger than life- Someone who has an aura of greatness, being better than expected

To be thrown in at the deep end- Being given something difficult to do with no help

As cool as a cucumber- To be extremely calm

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink- You can only help someone so much

To get into the swing of it- To finally get used to how something works

When in Rome, do as the Romans do- You should adapt to local customs or a local situation

Rome wasn't built in a day- It sometimes takes a long time to achieve a goal

He’s got a chip on his shoulder-                To continue to be angry about something that someone did


  • Did a video exercise about formal English where you had to identify 5 new items of vocab and 5 new idioms