a short text, by Sylvie
I am not an early bird like Cathy. I don’t get up at cockcrow, except in exceptional circumstances: on holidays or making a trip or a journey.
I don’t want to beat around the bush.
But, at night, everything is also peaceful and silent, and I feel more quiet after a busy day than before a day to come. You can even hear the owl!
You can’t have the best of both worlds.
I feel as fit as a fiddle even when I keep awake late in the night.
Of course, I am not like Paul, dancing, drinking and smoking tobacco and hashish. I am not at sea every morning.
I do admit that it isn’t always a good thing to burn the midnight oil.
I should meet Paul’s grandparents to get some advice.
It should be the best thing since sliced bread!
But for me, I’m afraid it would bite off more than I can chew.
Can you spot the idioms in the above text? How many can you find?
And now your turn! Can you take up the challlenge and write a short story using some idioms that you know? Send your text to playandlearn@free.fr (click) and discuss it with your class and your teacher before publishing it here.
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