Assignment

Excellent work with the idioms! You used them naturally in sentences, corrected misuses, and even created compound-complex sentences that show nuance. 

~ Trixia

CONTENT:

A. Rewrite each neutral sentence using the idiom naturally.

He suddenly became irrational and angry. 

Answer: He suddenly went off the deep end.

~ CORRECT.

She used to be excellent at painting, but now she isn’t as skilled. 

Answer: She lost her touch with painting.

~ CORRECT.

The situation is under control. 

Answer: The situation isn’t well in hand.

~ The situation is in hand.

We have plenty of volunteers available. 

Answer: We have plenty of volunteers on hand.

~ CORRECT.

Let’s casually discuss the idea before making a decision. 

Answer: Let’s kick around the idea before making a decision.

~ CORRECT./ Let\'s kick/toss the idea around.

She’s very quick to understand and react. 

Answer: She’s really on the ball.

~ CORRECT.

B. Correct the misuse of idioms.

He went off the deep end in his swimming competition. 

He lost his touch in his swimming competition.

~ If you just mean he had one bad race, \"lost touch\" is incorrect here.

She lost her touch with her phone yesterday. 

She was on the ball with her phone yesterday.

~ CORRECT.

We had the project on hand, so it was under control. 

We had the project in hand, so it was under control.

~ CORRECT.

They kicked the ball around before deciding on the proposal. 

They kicked around some ideas before deciding on the proposal.

~ CORRECT.

He was on the ball, so he lost his temper. 

He wasn’t on the ball, so lost his temper.

~ CORRECT.

The manager said the crisis was in hand, but he meant there were no volunteers. 

The manager said the crisis was in hand, but he meant there were volunteers on hand. 

~ CORRECT.

C. Make a compound complex sentence for each idiom you learned. 

to go off the deep end  -> Because I went off the deep end in the morning, I regretted it, and then I apologized to my co-workers for losing my temper. 

~ CORRECT.

to lose one\'s touch -> After I stopped learning English, I’ve never spoken in English, so I lost my touch with English. 

~ After I stopped learning English, I never used it, so I lost my touch.

in hand -> Although there is only one week left before the deadline, the project isn’t well in hand, so our team members are feeling nervous. 

~ CORRECT.

on hand -> In case of unexpected accidents, medical staff were on hand at the marathon, and there were no problems.

~ CORRECT.

~ to kick (something) around (or toss something around) -> When we had to develop a marketing strategy, all the department staff participated in a meeting and kicked around some ideas. 

~ CORRECT.

~ on the ball -> Because our boss believed the applicant was competent, he hired her, and she turned out to be on the ball.

~ CORRECT.