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Old Mother Howard predicts the future, but William Shakespeare's daughter is confused! We'll help you use the phrase It's all Greek to me - and other idioms with nationalities or countries. Plus, we'll explore some great phrases to say "I don't understand!"
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Greek? French? Dutch?
Which nationality?
You learnt the phrase It was all Greek to me in this episode, but we asked you if you can think of any other idioms using nationalities or places.
To do
Read the six sentences below and decide which nationality, country or city goes in the gap. Then listen to the audio to find out if you are correct.
1 I can’t let you pay for the whole bill, let’s go ______ .
2 I’m so sorry I’m late; I couldn’t get away from Lara. She can talk for ______ !
3 I don't normally have a sleep after lunch, but when in ______ ...
4 I’m not ready for the winter, I hope we have an ______ summer again this year.
5 Excuse my ______ , but Tom's a complete idiot!
6 Before Max gave the speech he had a couple of drinks for ______ courage.
Do the activity
1 I can’t let you pay for the whole bill, let’s go Dutch.
2 I’m so sorry I’m late; I couldn’t get away from Lara. She can talk for England!
3 I don't normally have a sleep after lunch, but when inRome...
4 I’m not ready for the winter, I hope we have an Indian summer again this year.
5 Excuse myFrench, but Tom's a complete idiot!
6 Before Max gave the speech he had a couple of drinks for Dutch courage.
Well done if you completed the idioms correctly. Now look at the transcript. It's time to find out how to use the idioms in bold.
To do
Try this quiz to check that you remember the phrases and to learn more about the meaning of each expression.
It's all ______ to me!
6 Questions
Fill in the gaps to complete these idioms
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It's called 'summer', but can you remember if it's an 'Indian' or an 'English' summer?Question 1 of 6
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Which adjective refers to the people from the Netherlands?Question 2 of 6
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This isn't a country where people are famous for talking a lot.Question 3 of 6
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This expression doesn't only refer to buying food.Question 4 of 6
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We use 'French' in this expression.Question 5 of 6
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The end of the phrase is ... do as the Romans do.Question 6 of 6
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We hope that you aren't thinking this isall Greek to me?! Go to the next activity to learn some more great phrases to use when you have difficulty understanding something!
Session Vocabulary
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Greek to me
Meaning
The phrase It was Greek to me has become It's all Greek to me in modern English, and it's used when something – not just a foreign language – is difficult to understand.Example sentence
I'll never understand the rules of cricket: out for a duck, silly mid-off, googlies… It's all Greek to me!___________________
Extra vocabulary
supernatural
things that cannot be explained by sciencefortune teller
someone who tells you what they think will happen to you in the futurehave your fortune told
have your future predictedastrologer
someone who studies the stars and planets and uses it to tell people how it will affect their livescrystal clear
very easy to understandget the gist
understand the general meaningas clear as mud
very difficult to understandgobbledygook
very difficult to understand (often because there are too many technical words)go over somebody's head
be too difficult for someone to understandcan’t make head nor tail of something
can't understand somethingget the picture
understandgibberish
spoken or written words that have no meaning or are difficult to understandgo Dutch
agree to share the cost of something, especially a mealtalk for England!
talks a lotwhen in Rome...
when you are visiting another country, you should behave like the people in that countryan Indian summer
a period of warm, dry weather that sometimes happens in the early autumnexcuse my French
sorry for using a word that may be considered offensive (said humorously)Dutch courage
the confidence that some people get from drinking alcohol before they do something scary____________________
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