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American Idioms (Not Idol!!)


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A Homemade PowerPoint Game By

Ulampee Kareeratana The University of Georgia

The Story of the American Idioms (Not Idol!!)

Hi! Im Eye-an Secret. Welcome to the American Idioms, this competition is not a singing contest but it will bring you to find a new American Idioms Expert. The competitors will be eliminated one by one from the stage when they lose their voters to 0. And the last person on the stage will be a WINNER. Now its time to find out who is the winner. Good luck with your competition.

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Game Directions
The goal of the game is to help the players to be able to understand some American Idioms To play the game you have to match the idioms and their correct meaning. At the beginning, each competitor or player will own 5 voters If you match the idiom and its meaning right, you can keep your voters. But if you get it wrong, you will lose 1 voter. To win the game, you have to try to keep your voters as much as you can by getting the question right. If you are not sure, you can pass the question to other competitor, if he/she gets it wrong, you get one of his/her voters but if he/she gets it right, you lose one to him/her. The competitors will be eliminated when they have 0 voter. And the last person or the person who owns the most voters will be the winner
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Game Preparation
Print the next slide (slide5 and 6), cut out all voters and pass 5 voters to each competitors To start the game go to the competition page (slide 10), or you may print it out in order to memorize the idiom that already used
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Game Pieces The Voters

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Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

Originally designed by Ulampee Kareeratana, The University of Georgia, April 24, 2005 with the title American Idioms (Not Idol!!). This Project is a part of EDIT6150 class Spring 2005 by Dr.Lloyd Rieber and his assistant Dawn Lauscher (Thank you for your instruction and assistance) To find out more about Homemade PowerPoint Game go to

All Images were used in this game are from Microsoft Clip Art

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Educational Objectives
Audience
This game is designed for International Students from any exchange program

Subject Area Objectives


Students will be able to recognize the meaning of American Idioms and use them properly This game is designed in order to help the international students learn more about American-English Idioms which they might have to use in classroom or daily life

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Copyright

Copyright 2005 Ulampee Kareeratana Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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Time for the competition American Idioms!


Pick your idiom by its beginning word:

A
Beat

All
Beside

At
Big

Back
Burn

Be
Bury

Beat
Catch

Check
Ghost

Cook
Give

Dirty
Give

Down
In

Face
Ins

Get
Know

Make

Over

Pick

Put

Two

Vanish

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Game Directions

Burn the midnight oil


Stay up late studying Ready, prepared Angry

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Beat ones brain out


Angry Get information from an expert Work vigorously, very hard

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Dirty look
Homeless Angry or displeased look Not clean

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Get away with


Disappear Go unpunished (to receive no punishment) Travel to somewhere with someone

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Vanish into thin air


Stay up late studying Disappear suddenly Can not breath

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Be all ears
Listen attentively Be careful Get ready

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Make no secret of
Reveal, tell openly Listen attentively Give someone a chance

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Beat around the bush


In a similar situation Details Not to be direct, not to say exactly what you want

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A man of his word


Sale person Someone who doesnt break his promise Someone who tell a story

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Check up on
Make sure Investigate Ready, be prepared

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Ins and outs


Details Advantage and disadvantage Inside and outside

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In the same boat


Be friends In a similar situation
Neighbor

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Over ones head


Cant be understood, too hard Be experienced, know how to do something Very important person

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Put our heads together


Discuss, share the ideas Cant be understood, too hard Be friends

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Know the ropes


Deal with difficult situation with courage Get information by asking an expert Be experienced, know how to do something

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Back on ones feet


To be back to the beginning To return to good financial situation To get up

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Pick the brains of


Get information by asking an expert Buy something important Have a good friend

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All set
Ready, prepared Make peace Not late

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Face the music


Get information by asking an expert Deal with a difficult situation with courage Slightly chance, very little chance

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Give someone the cold shoulder


Be friend Ignore, treat someone in an unfriendly way Help someone pay for something

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Ghost of a chance
Confused Do something wrong Slightest chance, very little chance

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Give someone a piece of ones mind


Express ones opinion frankly, and in a severe or angry way Tell someone about a story Tell the lie

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Bury the hatchet


Make peace Ruin everything Be quiet

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Big shot
Very big chance Very important person Very important place

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Down and out


Broke, no money Details Ruins ones opportunity

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Cook ones goose


Disloyal, untrustworthy Ruin ones opportunity Make dinner for someone

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Two-faced
Disloyal, untrustworthy A twin Change his/her mind easily

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At sea
Very wide Comfortable Confused

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Catch ones eye


Be attractive Look after someone Very angry at someone

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Beside the point


Out of topic Be close to someone Moreover

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Great Job!! Thats right!!

Keep your voter and get ready to the next idiom


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Sorry!! Wrong answer

You just lost one voter!! Try again

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