Here are some examples of figures of speech put together by a group of young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.
They identified them as hard to understand as many children with SLCN expect sentences to mean what they say!
- We must get to the bottom of this.
- I am in the dog house.
- You are getting on my nerves.
- That rings a bell.
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Come on, spit it out!
- Get a move on!
- Don’t spill the beans!
- Don’t waste your breath!
- Don’t hang around!
- Put your back into it!
- Two heads are better than one!
- I’ve a trick up my sleeve.
- As flat as a pancake.
- Hard cheese!
- The tip of the iceberg.
- Walls have ears.
- As tough as old boots.
- Give me a break!
- You took the words right out of my mouth.
