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| Don't make a mountain out of a molehill |
Today, those of you who finished your exam practice early, made up some endings for these sayings:
1) Rome wasn't...
2) Don't make a mountain out...
3)Once Bitten...
4) One man's meat...
5) Engage brain...
6) Better late...
7) Let's cross that bridge...
8) If you pay peanuts...
9) Why have a dog...
Now I'd like you to match them to their real endings, the first one is done for you:
a)....of a molehill.( 2 Don't make a mountain out...)
b)...built in a day.
c)...is another man's poison.
d)...when we come to it.
e)...than never.
f)...you get monkeys.
g)...and bark yourself?
h)...twice shy.
i)...before mouth.
Tomorrow, we will talk about the meaning of each and every one of these sayings. You might need to explain yourselves in different ways. The following exercise will help you to do precisely that:
EXPLAINING AND PARAPHRASING:
Put these words in the correct order to form ways of explaining and paraphrasing. The first one is done for you:
1 it/ way/ put/ to/ another - To put it another way...
2 is/ that/ say/ to
3 which/ by/ mean/ I
4 simply/ put /to /it
5 just/ which/ means
6 mean/ is/ I/ what/ that/ by
7 trying/ say/ I/ what/ to/ am/ is
And here is an example of what we will be doing in class as a speaking exercise:
-Don't make a mountain out of a molehill, or to put it another way, don't make a serious problem out of something that is not very important. You must never forget the rule "Don't worry, be happy"
