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Print: British Council - Unfathomable Idioms

// WHAT
The fluency of the English (British) language is largely questionable, despite it being a chief first language taught in schools.
 
// THE CHALLENGE
Children have the wildest imagination. Playing on the concept of ‘unfathomable idioms’, to suggest that language can be a strange thing but British Council can help.
 
// BACKGROUND
Three commonly used idioms, namely ‘Raining Cats and Dogs’, ‘Beating Around the Bush’, and ‘The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back’, are used in this series to portray how a child’s imagination can be wildly literal.
 
// INSIGHT
Parents can‘t always answer questions posed by their children.
 
// BIG IDEA
Parents Aren’t Walking Encyclopaedias
Print: British Council - Unfathomable Idioms
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// WHAT The fluency of the English (British) language is largely questionable, despite it being a chief first language taught in schools. // THE Read More

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