PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMS

• Phrasal Verb - is a combination of words (a verb + a preposition or verb + adverb).
• Idiom - a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it.
• Erwin carries on fixing the car before it gets dark. This statement is an example of phrasal verb.
• Please drop in to see us in our new house. This sentence is an example of phrasal verb.
• Anak dalita - mahirap
• Buto't balat - payat na payat
• Balitang kutsero - hindi totoong balita
• Matigas ang buto - malakas
• Magdilang anghel - magkatotoo sana
• Itaga sa bato - tandaan
• Matigas ang katawan - tamad
• Nagbabanat ng buto - nagtatrabaho ng higit sa kinakailangan
• Bantay-salakay - taong nagbabait-baitan
• Kaututang dila - katsismisan
• Mahabang dulan - kasalan
• Maitim ang budhi - masamang tao, tuso
• Sanga-sangang dila - sinungaling
• Pantay ang mga paa - patay na
• Nakahiga sa salapi/pera - mayaman
• Patay-gutom - matakaw
• Nagmumurang kamatis - matandang nagbibihis binata o dalaga
• May ipot sa ulo - taong pinagtaksilan ng asawa
• Maputi ang tainga - kuripot
• Taingang kawali - nagbibingi-bingihan
• Talusaling - manipis ang balat
• Tawang-aso - nagmamayabang, nangmamaliit
• Takipsilim - paglubog ng araw
• Talusira - madaling magbago
• Utak-biya - bobo, mahina ang ulo
• Under the weather - feeling ill/getting a cold
• Apple of my eye - used to refer to someone whom you are very fond of or like very much
• Kill two birds with one stone - achieve two results with doing one thing
• Snowed under - to be busy
• Pretty penny - expensive
• Break a leg - good luck
• Through thick and thin - at all times (both good and bad)
• Bite the bullet - face something unpleasant that must be done
• Let the cat out of the bag - reveal a secret carelessly or without consideration for the consequences
• A piece of cake - an easy task
• Like two peas in a pod - be together always