{"id":423,"date":"2009-10-12T08:40:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T12:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=423"},"modified":"2009-10-12T08:40:03","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T12:40:03","slug":"idiom-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2009\/10\/12\/idiom-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiom of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often find myself translating the meaning of various idioms to au pairs.\u00a0 Idioms are phrases and expressions that do not make sense when literally translated, but have meaning to native speakers of that particular language.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<p>A Piece of Cake &#8211; A task that can be easily accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Putting together those shelves will be <em>a piece of cake<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There are a seemingly limitless number of idioms in the English language.\u00a0 So, I am challenging myself to tweet an idiom a day on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CICAuPair\">my Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Follow me if you want to learn some new idioms to increase your English comprehension and sound more like a native English speaker.\u00a0 You can also view my most recent tweets here on the Twitter Feed on my blog.<\/p>\n<p>I love learning idioms from other languages.\u00a0 If you have some you would like to share, please post them here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often find myself translating the meaning of various idioms to au pairs.\u00a0 Idioms are phrases and expressions that do not make sense when literally translated, but have meaning to native speakers of that particular language. 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