You've all been there. Christmas. Trees to be decorated, gifts to be wrapped and turkeys to be eaten. Anxiety, pressure...and joy. So how do these Christmas scenes look, when people get all worked up about celebrating the birth of Christ? Well, we will soon find out.
Your task today will be to prepare an idiom-packed Christmas scene. It could be a scene that actually takes place during the Christmas holidays, or in connection with them. It could be happy, sad - or both! You decide!
Take your time preparing properly. Create believable characters and decide on a good plot. Prepare lines, use a narrator if you wish, and perform your scene in front of the class. Make it real!
Below follow a few idiomatic expressions. Use as many as you like in your scenes.
Idiom (Meaning)
Put one's foot in it (Make a fool of oneself)
Have an off day (An unlucky day)
Get too big for one's boots (To be cheeky)
That won't wash (Not good enough)
Rub somebody's nose in something (Constantly nag)
Beat about the bush (To delay talking about something important)
Put one's foot down (To be firm in one's purpose and opinion)
Have butterflies in one's stomach (To be nervous)
Not hold a candle to somebody (To be not nearly as good as someone)
Know the ropes (Be familiar with certain routines)
Be touch and go (A risky and uncertain situation)
Be on the waggon (Not drinking alcohol)