Pump Up Your Prose: Snagging Attention with Sayings II

Synopsis

This JEDlet enlightens, entertains and informs you about a multitude of sayings, expressions and idioms used in everyday speech. Stock up on an arsenal of idioms. Learn the fascinating and sometimes surprising origins of sayings, which make great conversational fodder and helps ensure that you use the right words in the right place for maximum impact. This is the second of two JEDlets that explore the use and origins of English expressions in business communication.

Objectives

• Choose from a multitude of sayings, expressions and idioms to communicate concepts and ideas
• Identify the meanings of many sayings, expressions and idioms
• Identify the interesting and sometimes surprising origins of many sayings, expressions and idioms
• Incorporate sayings, expressions and idioms into business communications

Outline

• Introduction
• Overview
• Objectives
• The Power of Expressions
• Sayings in Everyday Dealings
• Avoid the Bumpkin Effect
• Enlightening Etymology
• Using Origins as Icebreakers
• Body Language
• Body Beautiful
• Ocean Idioms
• Shape Up or Ship Out!
• Wild Wordings
• It’s a Jungle Out There!
• Animal Expressions
• Animal Crackers
• Checkpoint I
• Fabricated Phrases
• A Stitch in Time
• Sure Shots
• Under the Gun
• Epicurean Delights
• Food for Thought
• Phrases from the Dance Floor
• That Old Song and Dance
• Household Words
• Around the House
• Practice makes Perfect
• Using Sayings
• Final Checkpoint

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