Textbooks don't always teach you about them, but dropping an idiom into your conversations from time to time will help you fit in and certainly help you pass your Cambridge exams.
An example of this is Mind your ps and qs when you go to your friend’s house for dinner. It is often used with kids when a parent is trying to say that they should watch themselves or use good manners in a situation. It is very old timey sounding, but it has a purpose. Why learn idioms? Well, if you want to become as skilled as possible in English, you’ll need to know them. Mind your ps and qs: This means to have good manners. They might seem baffling or random to you, but most idioms were born hundreds of years ago, and have slowly become part of everyday English speech. Idioms are phrases (groups of words) that have a hidden meaning which isn't clear when reading the words literally. When you look up at the sky, however, you can’t see any domesticated pets, only water!
One of your friends may say, “It’s raining cats and dogs!”. As you learn more and more about English, you may feel confused when you see odd phrases that just don’t make sense. The scope of this study is to show theoretical and practical implications of idiom teaching and translation in primary and secondary schools of Kora region.
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