englishidiom

EXERCISE Choose the Correct Sentence Using «Learn the Ropes» Read each prompt and choose the sentence that correctly uses the idiom «learn the ropes.» ANSWERS: 1 → C2 → B3 → B4 → C5 → C

EXAMPLES A teacher who stays late to help students with homework is going the extra mile. A friend who makes a handmade gift instead of buying one goes the extra mile. A worker who takes on extra tasks to help their team succeed goes the extra mile. EXERCISE: CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCE Read each prompt…

The origin of the idiom on the same page is sometimes attributed to choral singing where all singers needed to be on the same page. It’s actually much more likely that this term can be attributed to classes and business meetings when copies of a single item are used by all members and that all need to be reading from the same page in order to understand what is being discussed. 

It happens a lot in business. There may be something very big and very important that needs to be discussed, but it hurts to talk about. Or it might cause problems, so we refer to this as the elephant in the room. 

Do you have to convince someone to do something? Do you want to joke about how your boss convinces you to do something? Then this idiom of the month is just for you.