Презентация для ознакомления с идиомами по учебнику Spotlight-8

1) "to get the show on the road"

MEANING: To begin an activity that has already been planned

SYNONYMS : Begin start make a start launch initiate open the way set in motion   start a program get work started

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road. (1)

Let’s get the show on the road, it’s getting late. (2)

IDIOM SCENARIO 1: Two parents are talking ... Mother : I am so excited for our family vacation. We've been planning it for months. Father :  Is the car packed?  Do we have everything?  Are the kids in the car?  Is the house locked up? Mother : Yes, we are ready. Father :  Then, let's  get the show on the road . Mother :  Here we go!

IDIOM SCENARIO 2:

S everal colleagues are attending a meeting ...

Colleague 1 :  Why is everyone just sitting around doing nothing?

Colleague 2 :  Nobody wants to start.

Colleague 1 :  Well, we all know we are here to present our ideas for the new advertising campaign. 

I'll  get the show on the road  by presenting my idea first.

“ hear it on/through the grapevine”

Meaning:

hear news from someone

who heard that news

from someone else.

Synonyms:

• Gossip
• rumour

Example sentences:

I heard through the grapevine that she liked him. (1)

I heard it through the grapevine that he was going to move to Paris next summer. (2)

Idiom Scenario 1 Two teenagers are talking ... Teen 1 : Did you hear about Alicia? Teen 2 : No. What happened? Teen 1 : I heard she got caught smoking in the girl's bathroom and was expelled from school. Teen 2 : Where did you hear that? Teen 1 : I  heard it on the grapevine  this morning. Teen 2 :  Then we don't really know that it is true. Teen 1 : Yes, you're right.

Idiom Scenario 2

Two office workers are talking ...

Worker 1 : I heard that there are going to be lay-offs soon.

Worker 2 : Really?  Wow, that's big news. Are we going to lose our jobs?

Worker 1 : I'm not sure. I heard the news from Ted who heard it from Alice who heard it from John in the mail room.

Worker 2 : Then you've only  heard about these lay-offs on the grapevine ?

Worker 1 : Yes.

Worker 2 : Then I'm not going to worry about lay-offs.  It is only a rumor.

3) “to hit the headlines”

Meaning:

To get prominent attention

in the press or other media

synonyms

• to become famous by being reported in the news Thesaurus
• to be published
• to receive a lot of attention in news reports
• To appear prominently in the news, especially on the front page
• to become important news and be reported in the newspapers and on the television and radio.

Example sentences:

He hit the headlines when he sold a million shares at £5.80 a share. (1)

The latest scandal to hit the headlines is about a minister s son arrested for drug dealing. (2)

Songs: “Big news, big news, big news, big news. Have you heard the news? Have you heard what’s hit the headlines? The whole world knows that I’m in love with you”. “No headline hits happen here. About what do I write? So sad the pull I feel Is a push into out of sight”.

4) bad news

Meaning:

An event, thing, or person

which is disagreeable or an unpleasant surprise, 

trouble

Synonyms:

Troublemaker

Nuisance

terrible tidings

badness

Example sentences:

Okay, let's see what the bad news is. (1)

That guy is really bad news. (2)

That meeting was strictly bad news. (3)

Songs: It's true That it kicks you in the teeth when you are least expecting Bad news. Oh! it beats you black and blue before you see it coming.

Complete the exchanges below with the correct idiom:    1) - Have you heard the latest scandal to …?  - Of course! It's all over the news!  2) - Jeremy, stay away from that boy. - Why, Mum?  - Because he … .  3) - Come on, let's … or we'll be late.  - OK. I'm almost ready.