An educational game! Buliding your vocabulary!

[Nikhar]

The game's simple. One person writes a word AND an idiom along with the meanings. The next person tries to make a meaningful sentence which has BOTH the word AND the idiom.

In case you find that you can't make the sentence with both the word AND idiom. You can make two sentences. One having the word. One having the Idiom. Just try that the two sentences are related.

Then, the person who made the sentence gives another pair of word AND idiom along with their meanings. The game goes on.

A request:-

Even if you find this game dull and dry, please do not ignore it. Kindly keep in mind that this game will help non native English speakers like me to develop their hold on the language. So, please be sportive and play the game. Thanks. :)

And maybe, we can try to make the sentences funny to reduce the dullness.

So, I begin by giving the word and the idiom.

Apathy - Insensibility to suffering or emotion; passionless existence; lack of interest or emotion; stolid indifference.

Jump on the bandwagon - join a popular trend or activity.

[papayahed]

Due to my Apathy I did not jump on the bandwagon and now I stand out from all of my friends by not having a shaved head.



Word - Cunning

Idiom - A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

[Nikhar]

He thought he was acting cunning when he let go off the job and waited for a better pay; today he's a street gigolo. True, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Word:- obnoxious

Idiom:- beat around the bush

[Lokasenna]

The man on the IT helpdesk is, and I'll not beat about bush on this one, an obnoxious little cretin.

Word: defenestrated

Idiom: between the devil and the deep blue sea

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[Nikhar]

The man on the IT helpdesk is, and I'll not beat about bush on this one, an obnoxious little cretin.

Word: defenestrated

Idiom: between the devil and the deep blue sea

:biggrin5:

Cool, I learned two new words-> defenestrate and cretin. Not sure what cretin means though. Is it similar to a twit? :D

Sentence:-

I was between the devil and the deep blue sea, either defenestrate myself from the 6th story or be sexually assaulted by my fat landlady.

Word:- miasma.

idiom:- pay the piper

PS:- Was my usage of defenestrate correct?

[Lokasenna]

Cool, I learned two new words-> defenestrate and cretin. Not sure what cretin means though. Is it similar to a twit? :D

Sentence:-

I was between the devil and the deep blue sea, either defenestrate myself from the 6th story or be sexually assaulted by my fat landlady.

Word:- miasma.

idiom:- pay the piper

PS:- Was my usage of defenestrate correct?

Okay, that had me laughing out loud! Your use of defenestrate was perfect, as was your understanding of the word cretin!

[papayahed]

I must pay the piper before I can be let out of this miasma of angst and misery called work.

Word - Ambivalent

Idiom - Curiosity killed the Cat

[Nikhar]

He was ambivalent about peeking in that magical box as he was too awed by the phrase, 'Curiosity killed the cat'. The rumor had it that the person who looked into the box turned into a hermaphrodite.

word:- tacit.

idiom:- beating the dead horse.

[Nikhar]

Maybe to simplify the game, we could extend the limit from a sentence to a paragraph?

[neilgee]

Her look told him he was flogging a dead horse, she didn't have to say anything, a tacit understanding passed between them.

Morose

A nod's as good as a wink

[Nikhar]

I'm sorry but what does this idiom mean -> 'A nod's as good as a wink'?

[Jesterhead]

it just means that a nod is just as good a way of greeting someone as a wink is.

[Jazz_]

The man was not stirred from his morose disposition by a nod, disproving the notion that a nod's as good as a wink.


Relentless

Bit off more than you could chew

[Delta40]

His attack upon Lucy was relentless. Nanny always warned her if she bit off more than she could chew, then his torment would be a bitter pill to swallow

Word: Composed

idiom: A fool and his money are soon parted

[Nikhar]

He spent his money like water. I warned him that a fool and his money soon parted, to which he replied, in a fake composed manner, 'FUC* OFF!'

cutesy

kick the bucket.

[Cunninglinguist]

I find hello kitty far too cutesy, I wish that trend would kick the bucket.

inamorita

to err is human, to forgive is divine

[aliengirl]

inamorita

to err is human, to forgive is divine

Excuse me, but is it 'Inamorata'?

[Maximilianus]

Excuse me, but is it 'Inamorata'?
It is :nod:



My inamorata erred because she's human. Therefore, I forgave her 'coz I'm divine.


Word: glade.

Idiom: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

[aliengirl]

My inamorata erred because she's human. Therefore, I forgave her 'coz I'm divine.




:lol::lol: GREAT!!!

He inherited a small cottage located in a glade from his uncle. It was no fortune, but never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Word – town

Idiom – lick and a promise

[Maximilianus]

:lol::lol: GREAT!!!
:thumbsup: :p



He thought life in the big town was going to be easier, but he soon realized he couldn't afford its cost of living as though it were a matter of a lick and a promise.


Word: sting.

Idiom: cast your pearls before swine.

[makaylah]

The last thing he saw before he kicked the bucket was the little girl with her hair up in cutesy pig tails.

denote

rain cats and dogs

[Nikhar]

:thumbsup: :p



He thought life in the big town was going to be easier, but he soon realized he couldn't afford its cost of living as though it were a matter of a lick and a promise.


Word: sting.

Idiom: cast your pearls before swine.

Her words stung me but it was no point telling her that. It would have been like casting pearls before swine, being such a ruthless creature she is.

Btw, I am not sure if the sentence I made was grammatically correct. Kindly point out if there's a mistake. Thanks. :)


The last thing he saw before he kicked the bucket was the little girl with her hair up in cutesy pig tails.

denote

rain cats and dogs

It rained cats and dogs and his rude hand gestures and abuses aplenty denoted just that. After all, no one wants a potentially good cricket match ruined, specially when you've paid for a VIP seat.



word:- coprophagous
idiom:- by the skin of (one's) teeth

[Maximilianus]

Her words stung me but it was no point telling her that. It would have been like casting pearls before swine, being such a ruthless creature she is.

Btw, I am not sure if the sentence I made was grammatically correct. Kindly point out if there's a mistake. Thanks. :)
It looks good to me, Nik.


word:- coprophagous
idiom:- by the skin of (one's) teeth

Nearly a month had she been a castaway on that desert island, and it was by the skin of her teeth that she didn't become a coprophagous



Word: garland.
Idiom: the gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.

[aliengirl]

Why, this game is stuck up!

[dafydd manton]

The Gangster knew that no matter how much of a cutesy his Moll was, when the cops came, she was sure to kick the bucket.

Fabulous

Dry as dust

[Maximilianus]

Fabulous

Dry as dust
I was recommended this book as being a fabulous entertaining story, but to me it's as dry as dust and I'm falling asleep.



Without any wish to put pressure on the game but... can we please move on from cutesy and kick the bucket? With three examples I think their meaning is clear enough. Remember we've had other words and idioms offered, too. Again:

Word: garland.
Idiom: the gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.

[aliengirl]

The talented poet dedicated his new garland to his inamorata but she pooh-poohed his work. Surely, the gods sends nuts to those who have no teeth.

Word: mortified

Idiom: fly in the ointment

[Maximilianus]

Don't feel so mortified on your tasteless meal; it wasn't so bad. Besides, there's often a fly in every cook's ointment.

Word: culprit.
Idiom: fly off the handle.

[aliengirl]

The old cop flew off the handle as soon as he could lay his hands on the culprit.

Word: change

Idiom: sow one's wild oats

[Maximilianus]

Stop sowing your wild oats, coquettish woman. Get serious for a change!

Word: thugs.
Idiom: come hell or high water.

[mona amon]

I'll never give in to those thugs, come hell or high water.

Word: discomfiture

Idiom: Icing on the cake.

[Maximilianus]

Word: discomfiture

Idiom: Icing on the cake.

What a discomfiture, being stared at by such scornful eyes just because I had mislaid the tools, and as an icing on the cake, they yelled at me in their loudest possible!!

(NB: icing on the cake has a positive sense, but in this case I ironically imply a negative connotation, so I hope it's correct :))


Word: caveat

Idiom: between a rock and a hard place

[aliengirl]

What a discomfiture, being stared at by such scornful eyes just because I had mislaid the tools, and as an icing on the cake, they yelled at me in their loudest possible!!

(NB: icing on the cake has a positive sense, but in this case I ironically imply a negative connotation, so I hope it's correct :))




You have used it quite well. :nod: I also thought a few sentences but rejected them due to this problem.

[giventofly]

She accepted his conditions, but with one caveat. After hearing it, he refused, claiming that it was unfair and would put him between a rock and a hard place.


word:posthumously - occurring after one's death

idiom: a taste of your own medicine (feel free to change the pronoun "your" to make it fit)

[Nikhar]

Who knew a cockroach would give me a heart attack and who knew she would set it on me. But I guess she was just giving me a taste of my own medicine; only that I understood it posthumously.... while getting boiled in a cauldron full of steamy oil.

apocryphal:-

off one's rocker:-

[Maximilianus]

Your apocryphal tales and dainty words I'll buy no more. You're off your rocker if you think you can fool me twice.


Word: Backstabber.
Idiom: Have a way with words.

[Maximilianus]

You have used it quite well. :nod: I also thought a few sentences but rejected them due to this problem.
Thank you.

[Astromaxis]

Due to you IQ You have a Way With Words but in the end I realized you are nothing but a petty Backstabber hungering to condescend all those who you think are inferior.

Word:Billet-Doux
Idiom: At Sixes and Sevens

[aliengirl]

She was at sixes and sevens as she has to reach the railway station in half an hour. Her clothes, lipsticks, compacts, bottles of perfume, and billet-doux were spread all over the bed.

Word: crook
Idiom: be penny-wise and pound-foolish