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Idiomatic Expressions related to Teaching


It is Teacher Appreciation Week! Actually, it is nonsense that we designate a day or a week to appreciate our teachers’ hard work and care for students. They do deserve to be extolled for their efforts to lead our kids to brighter future. This week, let us brush up on some interesting idioms related to teaching. Can you fill in the blanks given below? ^^ Easy breezy!!!
(source from https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/idioms-about-teaching/)

    1.   You can’t teach an ________   _________ new tricks.
=  You are trying to teach someone a skill but they can’t learn it or they refuse to learn it.

    2.   Don’t teach your grandmother to suck _____________.
= The expression to use when you're telling somebody something they already know well. That is, giving advice to someone else about a subject of which they are already familiar. The origins of the phrase are not quite clear.

    3.   Those who can, ________; those who can’t, ____________.
= This is a very famous phrase for teachers everywhere, but perhaps not for the right reasons. The phrase implies that teachers only do their profession because they weren’t good enough to do it as their main job. It’s very rude if you think about it! Teachers generally do a good job and provide a service that many other people do not, sharing knowledge is so important and to be able to teach is an invaluable skill.
I’m sure you all agree!

    4.   Tricks of the ____________     =  Pieces of information that people learn with experience to make their lives easier. This is accomplished by putting a lot of time into whatever it is!

    5.   A for ___________! = recognizing that someone tried hard to accomplish something although they might not have been successful.

    6.   to teach someone a ____________ = Generally this is used to indicate future revenge. Make someone realize their behavior is bad.

    7.   You can lead a ____________to water but you can’t make him drink.
= You can show people how to do things and show them what is right but you cannot make them change or do something if they do not want to.

    8.   To set a good ______________   =  It means that you actually have to do the things that you tell others to do.

    9.   ___________ it from me.  =  Trust me. You can use this to speak confidently about a subject you understand properly.
   10. Put your thinking ______________ on! =  Think in a serious manner. You can also say “Use your noodle!”



Answer Keys:
   1.   old dog
   2.   eggs
   3.   do, teach
   4.   trade
   5.   effort
   6.   lesson
   7.   horse
   8.   example
   9.   take
  10. cap

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