Garden Fresh: Garden Idioms
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If you don’t have a garden, you might think that this is a boring week at Bite Sized English. So, today we’re going to talk about gardening. . . without talking about gardening. Gardens are such an ancient, basic idea that we have a lot of idioms—or phrases—that come from gardening that we use in to discuss a lot of different things.
Before you listen to the recording, it might be a good idea to have a piece of paper and a pen to take notes. Some of these the idioms go pretty fast. Start the recording now.
After You’ve Listened to the Recording
Can you think of an example of how you’d use each of these idioms? To help you, here is a list of the idioms that you heard:
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Plant a seed
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Seed money
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Turn a new leaf
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Nip it in the bud
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Oops a daisy
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Reap what you sow
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
Try to find a context to use each of these idioms. How would you use them in your day-to-day life? How many of them did you know already? How many are new to you?
