LINC Home Study - English Activities Online

	Idiom: an expression having a special meaning which is not clear from the usual meaning of the words in the expression To buy a lemon Definition: to purchase a defective product, to buy a bad product EXAMPLE: The car we bought last summer is a real lemon EXAMPLE: Kerry bought a lemon. His computer has been in the shop five times in three weeks. To be in the hole Definition: to owe a great deal of money ( to be in debt) EXAMPLE: I bought the car. Now I'm in the hole. EXAMPLE: Debora is twenty dollars in the hole to her friend Teresa. To get the ax (axe) Definition: to be dismissed from work (fired) EXAMPLE: Sandra got the ax because she was stealing from her workplace. EXAMPLE: To be honest, getting the axe from my last job made me a better worker at this job. To get up on the wrong side of the bed Definition: to wake up in a bad mood EXAMPLE: Stay away from the boss this morning. I think he got up on the wrong side of the bed. EXAMPLE: I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.