Exercise 2

Exercise 1.

Find phraseological units in the sentences given below. Translate phraseological units. Compare them with the relevant word-groups. Comment upon difference between free word group and phraseological unit. Answer the questions following.

1. I've let the cat out of the bag already, Mr. Corthall, and I might as well tell the whole thing now. 2. Suddenly Sugar screwed up his face in pain and grabbing one foot in his hands hopped around like a cat on hot bricks.:Can't we get a tram, Jack? My feet is giving me hell in these nov (new) shoes." 3. No doubt a life devoted to pleasure must sometimes show the reverse side of the medal. 4. The day's news has knocked the bottom out of my life. 5. Cowperwood had decided that he didn't care to sail under any false colours so far as Addison was concerned. 6. Falstaff... I was beaten myself into all the colours of the rainbow. 7. About three weeks after the elephant's disappearance I was about to say, one morning, that I should have to strike my colours and retire, when the great detective arrested the thought by proposing one more superb and masterly move. 8. We lived among bankers and city big wigs.

Questions:

1. What do we mean by the term 'fixed context'?

Do phraseological units given above belong to 'phrasemes' or 'idioms'?

2. To which group do these phraseological units belong if we follow
V.V.Vinogradov's classification?

In the following sentences, there is an idiom in bold. Decide on the key word, then look in your dictionary to see if you are right. Suggest a non-idiomatic variant.

1. Don't believe what he said about Trish. He was talking through his hat.
He doesn't even know her.

2. Come here! I've got a bone to pick with you! Why did you tell Anne
about Ken and me splitting up? I told you not to tell anyone.

3. I don't think correct spelling is terribly important, but my teacher has a
bee in his bonnet about it. If I ever make a spelling mistake, he makes us
write it out twenty times.

. 4. Ford Motors have a new saloon car in the pipeline, and it will be

revealed for the first time at next year's Motor Show. 5. You have to be carefull with sales people. They have the gift of the gab. Suddenly you can find you've bought something that you really didn't want.

Exercise 3.

Determine which of the underlined word-combinations are phraseological units.

1. Where do you think you lost your purse? 2. When losing the game one shouldn't lose one's temper. 3. Have a look at the reverse side of the coat. 4. The reverse side of the medal is that we'll have to do it ourselves. 5. Keep the butter in the refrigerator. 6. Keep an eye on the child. 7. He throw some cold water upon her. Wake up. 8.1 didn't expect that he would throw cold water upon our project.

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