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Many word in English we don’t know even we know the meaning of each word but we cannot understand the sentences. WHY??? There are many causes why we cannot understand some sentences when we know the meaning of each word. One of the reason is maybe the sentences we read or hear is IDIOMS. Or maybe it is Slang word (we will discuss it in other post, OK!). So now Let’s learn The IDIOMS ENGLISH. Many idioms in each word, and in certain things, for example Idioms about fashion, nature, town and many others. I have some interesting Idioms for you to learn and use. Just read and when you are confident, try to use them when you speak English. Using an Idioms occasionally will make your English sound more like native speaker. But, Don’t use them too often because you will sound like you have swallowed a book on idioms!

Here Some Idioms I have :

The first is :

• Giving someone the shirt off your back

example : I know I can always depend on my friend Hana. I can call her whenever I need help. He   would give me the shirt off his back. this idioms suggests that Hana would give me all money, possessions even the shirt off her back.

• To shake a leg, to pull your leg and break a leg

Let’s look at break a leg first. If someone tells you to break a leg they don’t want you to really break your leg. Instead they are really wishing you good luck, especially before a performance in a play or drama. Some people believe that if you say the words, ‘good luck’ to an actor it will bring them bad luck. Instead they say, ‘Break a leg!’

Example : Tonight’s the first night of the play, isn’t it? Well, break a leg!

• To be dress up to the nines

If you heard someone say, ‘Wow look at those two people, dressed up to the nines’ What would you think?? Would you think they are wearing formal clothes or casual clothes?? Ya, they are wearing formal clothes.

Dressed up to the nines means you are wearing formal clothes or very fashionable clothes.

        Example : ‘Oh Look at you, all dressed up to the nines and nowhere to go!’

So which idioms will you try and use today?

Climate change will destroy the world’s great coral reefs within a century, accordingto a report by German and Australian marine scientists.Researchers say governments must take action now to reduce the emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide, which are thought to be behind a rise in average global temperatures.

The scientists combined their coral expertise with the latest climate models to project what is likely to happen to the world’s greatest reefs if global warming remains unchecked. Their study suggests the unique marine environments will increasingly become victim to a process known as coral bleaching.

A slight rise in maximum water temperatures – only one to two degrees – can stress the corals. This causes them to expel the microscopic organisms, known as zooxanthellae, which color their tissues and provide them with essential nutrients.

If the zooxanthellae do not return, the corals will die. In 1998 every reef system in the world’s tropical oceans were affected by some degree of bleaching. The report says the frequency and intensity of bleaching is set to rise.

The report’s lead author is Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, an expert on coral bleaching at Sydney University. Coral reefs could be eliminated from most areas of the world by 2100, Even the world’s largest reef – the Great Barrier Reef off Australia – could be dead within 30 years unless measures are taken now to slow climate change.