The Amazing World of Idioms Olga Pavlovskaya 9B Scientific Manager: I.V.Zubrilina
Topic: The history of English and American idiomatic expressions
An IDIOM is a phrase or expression that has a meaning different from what the words suggest in their usual meaning
A witch-hunt – a search for and persecution of people whose views are regarded as evil.
To have an axe to grind – to have a personal, often stylish reason for being involved in something.
Fly off the handle – to lose ones tempo
To give somebody the work – to kill someone.