Друзья, вы находитесь в разделе Learn English сайта BBCRussian.com. Здесь мы публикуем учебные материалы и истории о культуре и традициях англоязычных стран.
Видеокурс "The Teacher", разработанный Всемирной службой Би-би-си и сайтом BBCRussian.com, познакомит вас с идиомами, без которых современный английский язык был бы просто "деревянным".
Смотрите прямо сейчас и совершенствуйте английский:
Урок 1. Изучаем идиомы:
Pigs might fly
This place is a pigsty
To make a pig's ear of something
Смотрите урок "Piggy idioms" [03:32]
Урок 2. Изучаем:
To eat like a horse
Straight from the horse's mouth
To flog a dead horse
Смотрите урок "Horsy idioms" [03:25]
Урок 3. Изучаем:
Knee-high to a grasshopper
To have butterflies in your stomach
To have ants in your pants
Смотрите урок "Insect idioms" [03:03]
Урок 4. Изучаем:
There's something fishy about this
A big fish in a small pond
A fish out of water
Смотрите урок "Fishy idioms" [03:52]
Урок 5. Изучаем:
Bird brain
To have a bird's eye view
A little bird told me
Смотрите урок "Birdy idioms" [03:21]
Урок 6. Изучаем:
There isn't enough room to swing a cat
To let the cat out of the bag
To put a cat among the pigeons
Смотрите урок "Catty idioms" [03:48]
Урок 7. Изучаем:
To be in the doghouse
The hair of the dog
To make a dog's dinner of something
Смотрите урок "Doggy idioms" [03:42]
Урок 8. Изучаем:
To monkey around
Monkey business
To make a monkey out of someone
Cмотрите урок "Monkey idioms" [03:21]
Урок 9. Изучаем:
Busy as a bee
The bee's knees
To have a bee in your bonnet
Cмотрите урок "Bee idioms" [03:19]
Урок 10. Изучаем:
To be full of beans
I haven't got a bean
Spill the beans
Cмотрите урок "Bean idioms" [03:06]
Урок 11. Изучаем:
He's a bad egg
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
He's got egg on his face
Cмотрите урок
"Egg idioms" [03:26]
Урок 12. Изучаем:
To go bananas
It's a case of sour grapes
A second bite of the cherry
Cмотрите урок
"Fruit idioms" [04:26]
Урок 13. Изучаем:
It's a hot potato
A carrot and a stick
Like two peas in a pod
Cмотрите урок
"Vegetable idioms" [03:04]
Урок 14. Изучаем:
It's not my cup of tea
I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China
It's as good as a chocolate teapot
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"Tea idioms" [04:09]
Урок 15. Изучаем:
It's as easy as pie
Pie-eyed
To have a finger in many pies
Cмотрите урок
"Pie idioms" [03:46]