Take this free Quiz and Audio Lesson to learn these 5 great English idioms related to weather. A storm in a teacup? A bolt from the blue? Can you use these weather-related idioms in conversation? There is a FREE PDF download of the lesson, and a second writing quiz to test your understanding.
But first, take this QUIZ to find out if you know these idioms:
Next, listen to this lesson, and then take the second quiz below it, to check that you can use these idioms properly!
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Weather Idioms (part 1) |
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Example: I’ll have to take a rain check on that dinner tomorrow. I’m afraid I have to work late so let’s make it another time. (note: This idiom has its origin in American baseball, where in the 1880s paying spectators were offered a piece of paper called a “rain check”, entitling them to future admission for a game that was postponed or finished early because it was raining.) |
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Example: The whole family is coming to stay for a week so I am trying to relax a little in the calm before the storm! |
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Examples: 1. After the argument, there was a bad atmosphere between them, until John broke the ice by offering her a cup of tea. 2. The new class of students felt a little uncomfortable at first, but then one of them broke the ice by starting a conversation and making a joke. |
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A tempest in a teapot |
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Examples: This argument is just a storm in a teacup! It’s not important at all! (British or Australian English) This argument is just a tempest in a teapot! It will be forgotten by tomorrow. (American English) |
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Example: When he told me the news that he was emigrating, it was a bolt from the blue, because I thought he loved living here. (note: “A bolt from the blue” is a bolt of thunder that comes out of a blue sky. Usually, thunder occurs only during a storm, but sometimes it can also happen when the sky is blue - and in this case it is totally unexpected.) |
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