Thursday 5 April 2018

10 idioms for IELTS and to Speak like native Speakers




Well, Idiomatic expressions are very significant to speak impressively and obtain high score in your competitive and exams conducted to study abroad. if you hear any native English speaker it is sometimes very tough to figure out what he says. Idioms and phrases draw attention of listeners and make you an interesting communicator. To be a proficient writer and speaker you must be able to use idioms as ease. I have read the model answers of advanced students who score around 8 bands. They are very good at idioms and phrases. I would recommend you to collect the idioms topic wise so you can be well prepared to face your IELTS and other competitive exams.



In this post we bring you 10 idioms to help you score 7+ bands in your IELTS examination. You are strongly advised to practice these idioms as more as you can. Your goal is to be very comfortable using such idiomatic expressions when needed.

Let’s master 10 idioms to be more fluent and expressive.

1.     Hit the books:-
“Hit” this word may make you thing to hit something physically. We would let you know that idioms are very different in meanings. Grammatically meanings of any idiom differ than what actually it means. When you study a lot. You hit the books. It means To Study.

2.     Hit the sack or Hit the hay:-

You are so tired and want to go to bed. You go to bed and fall on it. It means To Sleep. I am so tired; just want to hit the sack. Krish came and hit the hay without eating anything.

3.     Lose your touch:-
You had an ability or talent to do something. Now you can not do that as you used to do. My brother was superb mathematician but now he does not feel home. It means to lose the grip on doing something you were very good at. I think he has lost his touch on computer games. I have lost my touch on handling people around me.

4.     Under the weather:-
You may think that you are under clouds, the sun or the moon. If you are under the weather it means you are out of health. My boss has been under the weather for a week.
5.     Find your feet:-

I don’t think that you have no feet. Your legs are integral part of your body. Finding your feet means you are adjusting and adapting to any particular situation. Like you may be in new country, culture or workplace and after sometimes you start getting comfortable there. You can say I have found my feet there now.

6.     Leave no stone unturned:-

Are you the one who is very crazy to do something? You are so much obsessed to create, find or achieve something you try every possible mean. It means you are not leaving any stone unturned to so something.
The congress party won’t leave any stone unturned to win the 2019 election.

7.     on cloud nine or on the seventh sky:-
The cloud and the sky are above our head. When you are on the seventh sky or on the cloud nine you are extremely happy. When I got the new of my visa approval I was on the cloud nine.

8.     blow off stream:-
The electronic equipment blows off stream people don’t. Idiomatically when someone is very angry and you want to get rid of it. My brother had a fight and ran away to blow his stream off.

9.     Once in blue moon:-
It means very rarely something takes place. I visit my parental village once in blue moon. He has no time for his friends; he sees them once in blue moon.

10. Look like a million dollars:-
It is a huge complement, you look fabulous and your friends say you look like a million dollars. In the party last night my boss was looking like a million dollars.
 
There idioms are very popular among native speakers. Try to use them everyday so you are at ease using them. There are numbers of other expressions to learn.




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