【Ifyousay“Thecat’soutofthebag”insteadof“Thesecrethasbeengivenaway”you’reusinganidiom．Themeaningofanidiomisdifferentfromtheactualmeaningofthewordsused．“Anappleadaykeepsthedoctor】
Ifyousay“Thecat’soutofthebag”insteadof“Thesecrethasbeengivenaway”you’reusinganidiom．Themeaningofanidiomisdifferentfromtheactualmeaningofthewordsused．“Anappleadaykeepsthedoctoraway”isaproverb．Proverbsareoldbutfamiliarsayingsthatusuallygiveadvice．Bothidiomsandproverbsarepartofourdailyspeech．Manyareveryoldandhaveinterestinghistories．Seehowmanyofthesesayingsyouknow．
“Savebythebell．”
About400yearsagoinEnglandaguardatWindsorCastlewasontrialforfallingasleepathispost．Hesaidhecouldprovethathehadn’tdoneso．Hehadheardthechurchbellstrikethirteentimesatmidnight．Thetown’speoplesupportedhisclaimandhewasnotpunished．Todaywethinkofthebellthatendsaroundinboxingoftensavingtheboxersfrominjuryorthebellattheendofaclassperiodsavingyoufrommorework．
“Hewhopaysthepipercallsthetune．”
InmedievaltimesaboutAD1000toAD1450peoplewereentertainedbytravelingmusicians．Whoeverpaidthepricecouldchoosethemusic．Theproverbmeansthatwhoeverpaysisincharge．
“Thepenismightierthanthesword．”
Inthe17thcenturyinEnglandafreepresswasbannedbythegovernment．Thismeantthatpeoplewhodisagreedwiththegovernmentandprintedtheirviewswerepunished．Inspiteofthispeoplepublishedtheirideasandopinionsinillegalsmallbooksthatwerehandedouttothepublic．Theproverbmeansthatthewrittenexpressionsofideascannotbestoppedbyphysicalforce．
1．“Savedbythebell”actuallymeans________．
A．thatyouwon’tberescueduntilthebellrings
B．thatwecansavealotofmoneybyringingthebell
C．savingalotoftroublebyringingthebell
D．beingrescuedfromasituationatthelastmoment
2．Thewriterwantstomakethereadersknowthat_______．
A．proverbsaremorecommonthanidiomsinspokenandwrittenEnglish．
B．proverbsandidiomsplayanimportantroleinourdailylife．
C．you’dbetternotuseidiomsinyourwriting．
D．idiomshelppeoplealotintheirdailylife．
3．Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingexpressionsisaproverb?
A．Trytomakeendsmeet．
B．Believeitornot
