Your lesson book expressions is very interesting. But I have difficulty understanding some expressions which can not be looked up in my dictionaries. May you help me?
a closed book (to someone)
an open book
to throw the book at someone
“Take a leaf out someone’s book” or “Take a leaf out of someone’s book” ?
In your lessons “Colour Idoms”.
You say “Oh, come one,…” I think it’s “come on”, isn’t it?
black ice
“white” in the sentence “The trouble was she had set her heart on a particular colour — white. It had to be white at all costs”.
blue in the face
white flag = surrender (noun) ?
Give the meaning of this sentence “We looked at dozens of white and off white cars but none seemed to be worth buying”.
a closed book (to someone) SOMETHING YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
an open book SOMETHING EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
to throw the book at someone CRITICISE SOMEONE VERY STRONGLY.
“Take a leaf out someone’s book” or “Take a leaf out of someone’s book” ? COPY WHAT SOMEONE HAS DONE.
YES, IT SHOULD BE OH COME ON AND MEANS LET’S BE SERIOUS.
black ice ICE ON THE ROAD MIXED WITH RUBBER/OIL FROM CARS.
“white” in the sentence “The trouble was she had set her heart on a particular colour — white. It had to be white at all costs”. IT DEFINITELY HAD TO BE WHITE.
blue in the face VERY ANGRY.
white flag = surrender (noun)? A SIGN OF SURRENDER.
Give the meaning of this sentence “We looked at dozens of white and off white cars but none seemed to be worth buying”. WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF WHITE AND ALMOST WHITE CARS BUT NOT ONE WAS AT A PRICE THAT WAS WORTH IT.