ENGLISH IDIOMS

An idiom is a phrase whose words altogether have a different 

meaning from the individual meaning of the words in the dictionary.

   A. match the English idioms with their Arabic meaning                                        

Idiom	Arabic meaning
1. Add fuel to the fire	على مدار الساعة
2. Be all ears	يصب الزيت على النار
3. Around the clock	يسهر الليالي
4. The ball is in your court	العصا و الجزرة
5. Vicious circle / cycle	الكرة في مضربك
6. Be behind bars	حصة الأسد
7. Burn the midnight oil	الحلقة المفرغة
8. Calm before the storm	مضمون
9. Carrots and sticks

Tongue Twisters

A tongue twister is a phrase or sentence or rhyme which is difficult to say quickly without  stumbling or mispronouncing some words because it contains (many) similar sounds.
Easy Tongue Twisters 1.     You know Unique New York? 2.     Three free throws. 3.     Double bubble gum, bubbles double. 4.     Sly Sam slurps Sally's soup.

Riddles

1.     What often runs but never walks? 2.     What’s black when clean and white when dirty? 3.     What starts with a “t”, ends with a “t” and is always full of “tea”? 4.     What never stops? 5.     What time is it when you see a lion? 6.     What looks empty when full?