American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks :
An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking


Free American English Online Idiom Lessons



Using a systematic, week-by-week methodology to learn English Idioms, a practical and simple way is presented for ESL learners wanting to improve their English speaking skills. This book is a practical and simple approach to helping English language students learn the meaning and use of American English idioms and thereby develop confidence in the real-world use of English.

Language experts suggest the use of idioms in English conversations contributes to a speaker's confidence in their overall communicative proficiency in spoken English. The book, American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking is a helpful tool to learn idioms through the unique method of placing idioms into functional and direct categories.



All Idiom Categories

Business Action: Relating to commercial or work activity to generate profit 
according to Hoyle all in all an arm and a leg
back out back to the drawing board boot out
business as usual buy a pig in a poke calculated risk
corner the market cut back cut down on 
deliver the goods farm out fast buck
feather one’s nest finger in the pie flea market
give someone the ax grandfather clause hard sell
horse trade house of cards lay off (someone)
pass off piece of the action pig in a poke
sell like hotcakes slow down take someone for a ride
turn over under the counter under the hammer 
under the table wheel and deal white sale
wildcat strike