Idiomatic Expressions to Describe People

 What type of person are you? What kind of person seems right up your alley? Let’s check out some fun expressions in English that describe people’s personality.

  

    1.   a card.:   Someone is a bit funny/ somewhat eccentric or strange/ entertaining/ quick-witted.

 

    2.   a dark horse: someone who reveals little about his or her activities, especially one who has unexpected talents or abilities

 

    3.   a good egg/ a bad egg: a nice person or a nasty person

 

    4.    a good laugh: a fun or amusing person to be around

 

    5.   thick as a plank: somebody who is more than stupid or dumb

 

    6.   a social butterfly: someone who is VERY social and easygoing; can be either a male or a female. Usually these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. They are somewhat accepted in all of them, but do not really have any deep friendship connections in any of them.

 

    7.   a tearaway: a reckless/ irresponsible/ somewhat dangerous person

 

 

Time to practice!

1.   Josh is a bit of a ________________.    He just dances in a shopping mall whenever he feels excited.

 

2.   Conner is a good ____________ in my office. Everybody wants to be around him, because he’s got what it takes to amuse people.

 

 

3.   Anthony is not the sharpest tool in the drawer! I can’t trust his capability at all in any projects. He is simply ____________ as a plank.

 

4.   Little have I heard that Joe used to be such a social ________________ back in his college days! His old friends said he was busy mingling with people from other Frats every weekend.  He’d also been a lead vocalist in a rock band. What a dark ___________!

 

5.   Aaron is such a good _________ who’s always willing to pick up daily mails and even mow the lawn while their neighbor is away on a short trip.

 

6.   My mom is not quite impressed by my choice of friends. She thinks all my friends are a bad case of ______________.

 

 

Answer Keys  

    1.  card

    2.  laugh

    3.  thick

    4.  butterfly, horse

    5.  egg

    6.  tearaway

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