idioms and irony. idiom idiom (n) – 1. any commonly used word or expression that has a figurative...
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Idioms and Irony
Idiom
Idiom (n) – 1. any commonly used word or expression that has a figurative meaning beyond the literal meaning
For example, some common idioms that figuratively refer to death are…
Kicked the Bucket!
Pushing up Daisies!
Bite the Dust!
Idioms that Mean “It’s Easy”
a piece of cakeeasy as pieit was a breezecan do it with my eyes closedit’s not rocket sciencechild’s play
Idioms from Baseballbatting a thousandswing for the fencesstriking outin the ballpark of…big leagues / bush leaguescovering your basesout of left fieldgetting to first base
100% perfectgive maximum effortfailingapproximately…pro! / amateur!ready for anythingcompletely unexpectedearning a kiss
Some Idioms People Still Usefrom Hamlet’s Soliloquy
there’s the rub
to shuffle off this mortal coil
what dreams may come
slings and arrows
there’s the problem
to die
the afterlife
to endure the problems of life
Some Idioms from Shakespeareto your heart’s contenthaven’t slept a winkin a picklein my mind’s eyeit’s high time…rhyme nor reasonsend him packinglaying it on thickthe long and short of it
into thin air
the green-eyed monster
a foregone conclusion
well read
forever and a day
good riddance
Idioms from Macbetha sorry sight
as pure as snow
screw your courage to the sticking place
at one fell swoop
fair play / foul play
an unwelcome aspect or feature
untouched and innocent
be steadfast
suddenly, in a single action
just and equal / dishonest and treacherous
Irony
What we expect to happenvs.
What actually happens
Situational Irony
When we expect one thing to happen, but something unexpected happens instead
Situational Irony
Umm…shouldn’t a guy in a toothpaste advertisement… you know, have teeth?
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Verbal Irony
When somebody says one thing,but they mean something different
Verbal Irony
Sure, she says she’s not ← alone…
…but come on, she ← really means that she is alone
Dramatic Irony
When the reader/audience knows somethingthat the characters don’t know
Dramatic Irony
He expects a pleasant ← distraction from life on a desert island…
…but we know he’s ← going to be disappointed
VerbalIrony
Which Kind? I want to compliment you
on your work, Dobbs. Tell me when you do
some.
Which Kind?We’re lucky we found this piece of wood floating by.”
DramaticIrony
Which Kind? SituationalIrony
Which Kind?
In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Sanger Rainsford is a famous hunter,but now he is the one being hunted.
SituationalIrony
Which Kind?
When Romeo finds what he believes to be Juliet’s dead body, he ends his own life, even though the audience knows that Juliet was just faking her death.
DramaticIrony
Which Kind?
In Animal Farm, after Snowball gets run off the farm, Napoleon says that even though he pretended to hate the windmill, he was really in favor of building it all along.
VerbalIrony
Which Kind?
When Tom Benecke, after rescuing his yellow paper, after narrowly surviving a ten minute foray on a narrow ledge, opens the door to go join his wife at the movies, the yellow paper flies out the window again.
SituationalIrony