White Wedding: Wedding Idioms
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A wedding is a ‘big deal.’ That’s one way of saying it’s important. It’s also a ‘big step,’ which means that it’s a big change in the life of the people getting married. Because weddings are so important, there are several idioms we use to talk about getting married. After all, the idioms are one of the most fun parts of learning English.
Before You Start the Recording
How many ways are there to talk about getting married in your own language? Do you think any of the idioms in your language can be translated into English? (If you have any interesting idioms in your language, I’d be interested to read them in the comments.)
In the recording, you’ll hear number idioms that we use in English to talk about getting married. Also, you’ll hear about an interesting ‘kind’ of wedding (that I don’t think happens much, anymore). Here are the idioms to read, as you listen to the recording:
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Tie the knot
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Get hitched
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Take the plunge
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Take their vows
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A ’shotgun’ wedding
After You Hear the Recording
What do you think? Do any of these idioms have a similar meaning in your own language? Do you have a phrase similar to ‘a shotgun wedding.’ What do you call it?
Will you use these idioms? How will you use them? I’m interested to learn!
October 22nd, 2010 at 01:55
with ‘we leave it to you to decide’.