vectra
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Hello everyone,
These are the last of the idioms for my freshman students I would like you to clarify.
Shoot off one's mouth - the definition in the book to express one's opinion loudly
Example sentence - You are not supposed to shoot your mouth. You must be self-possessed.
Jump down one's throat - the definition is to become angry with somebody
Example sentence is She always jumps down her son's throat when he comes home late.
Some time ago a native speaker pointed out the wrong example with the expression to pencil something in. The sentence in the test was John did not have any problems passing his exam because he had penciled in all the lectures.
I had to redo the sentence into: 'I had penciled in a meeting with you on Tuesday, but we need to arrange a suitable time.'
As you can see, double-checking is quite useful, especially when you are given a set of idioms prepared by someone else.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
These are the last of the idioms for my freshman students I would like you to clarify.
Shoot off one's mouth - the definition in the book to express one's opinion loudly
Example sentence - You are not supposed to shoot your mouth. You must be self-possessed.
Jump down one's throat - the definition is to become angry with somebody
Example sentence is She always jumps down her son's throat when he comes home late.
Some time ago a native speaker pointed out the wrong example with the expression to pencil something in. The sentence in the test was John did not have any problems passing his exam because he had penciled in all the lectures.
I had to redo the sentence into: 'I had penciled in a meeting with you on Tuesday, but we need to arrange a suitable time.'
As you can see, double-checking is quite useful, especially when you are given a set of idioms prepared by someone else.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
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