¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English: IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: goose

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Monday, April 16, 2012

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: goose

GOOSE

to cook somebody's goose = ensure that somebody fails
to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs = to destroy something that would have produced continuous profit in the future
not to say boo to a goose = to be very timid or gentle
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander = what is good for one person must be also good for another in similar circumstances
a wild goose chase = a situation where you look for something that does not exist so you waste a lot of time
to get goose pimples/flesh = to get small raised spots on your skin when you are cold or frightened

Exercise

Choose the right answer.

1. This business is brilliant at the moment. I hope they don't .

2. We never had that book, so stop looking for it! It's .

3. I like this wallpaper and my husband will like it too. You know, .

4. As soon as they entered the dark room, Michelle .

5. Thomas doesn't talk much. I guess he wouldn't .

6. Our teacher is , he wants us to fail in the exam again.

Score:

Source: http://www.saberingles.com.ar/idioms/animals/goose.html

deep-seated discuss
Definition:	(adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
Synonyms:	deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained,planted
Usage:	He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.

misconstrue
Definition:	Interpret in the wrong way.
Synonyms:	be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misinterpret

¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English