What idioms capture your students’ attention, bearing in mind their personality?
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My student is used to saying (I have ants in my pants) each time I ask her present something, she is a good presenter, always delivers the goods but never appreciates herself.
Tongue in Cheek Pie the sky We play it by ear
'Keep your eye on the ball'.
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Start testKnock on wood ( hoping that something will or will not happen , sometimes while actually tapping on wood) It's interesting how many idioms we have in common
I had a student who used to love saying "once in a blue moon" every time he meant "rarely". He was obsessed with it...It was cute somehow
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