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

Quantity category idioms: Referring to the amount of something
all the marbles and a half ballpark figure
by a country mile by leaps and bounds chock full
coals to Newcastle dime a dozen drop in the bucket
enough is enough everything but the kitchen sink fall off
few and far between fifth wheel fifty-fifty
for good measure gas up give or take
half the battle hill of beans in short supply
jam-packed leave out long haul
more and more more or less more the merrier
out of pour out quite a few
rough guess round up run into
run short run up sack of hammers (a)
so much soup up take in
take on take u taper off
short of tip the scales to boot
to pieces to the full (fullest) to the tune of
up to use up water down
wear off/away weed out whole show