Let’s explore 3 idioms with units of measurement.
Even seemingly precise measurement words can’t resist the temptation to turn into a building block for yet another vivid English idiom.
Watch the video to study the idioms and then answer the questions.
Think of something that someone else might enjoy, but you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. What is it and why?
Is there anything you think is worth going the whole 9 yards for?
Have you ever experienced someone taking a mile when you gave them an inch? What happened?
Even seemingly precise measurement words can’t resist the temptation to turn into a building block for yet another vivid English idiom.
Watch the video to study the idioms and then answer the questions.
Think of something that someone else might enjoy, but you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. What is it and why?
Is there anything you think is worth going the whole 9 yards for?
Have you ever experienced someone taking a mile when you gave them an inch? What happened?
