Learning English grammar and English vocabulary can be hard enough, but trying to understand English sayings can be more difficult. Some are just hard to figure out and others don’t make any sense at all. Here are four funny English sayings that you can use every day.
I’m happy as a clam(蛤).
Think of a clam. It doesn’t have to do anything. It just sits on a beach or on the bottom of the ocean all day doing nothing. It never has to work. That sounds like happiness, doesn’t it? If someone asks, “How are you today?” you can answer “I am happy as a clam” to let him or her know what a great mood you are in.
I wouldn’t touch that (or him/her) with a ten-foot pole.
Maybe there is a person who you don’t want to be friends with or even talk to. Well, this saying means that you dislike him or her so much that you don’t want to touch or go near him or her, even within ten feet!
You don’t have a leg to stand on.
This saying doesn’t mean that the person you’re talking to has no legs. It means that his or her argument is incorrect. He or she doesn’t have a leg to stand on because he or she has no facts to support what he or she is saying. This saying is a good way to tell people that you think they’re wrong.
Break a leg!
This saying actually means the opposite of what it sounds like. If you tell this to a person, you’re wishing him or her good luck！The saying comes from a superstition(迷信) that whatever you say aloud, the opposite will come true.
【小題1】The first paragraph mainly tells us____________________.

How do you make friends? Some students are sharing their ideas with us.

1.Adam is ______ friend.

A. Tom’s                          B. Yumi’s                             C. Anna’s                            D. Peter’s

2. Anna likes to make friends who  ________________.

A. are different from each other .       B. like surfing the Internet  

C. have the similar interest            D. speak English.

3. With the help of her friends, Yumi ______.

A. takes more exercise                                      B. learns English better

C. feels happier at picnics                             D. knows more about the world 

4.What helps Peter make more friends?

A. The story.              B. The sport.                         C. The Internet.         D. The language.

5.According to the passage, which is Not True?

A. Peter often tells his friends funny stories.   

B. Anna often takes exercise.

C. Yumi’s friends are easy to get along get with.

D. Adam and Tom often go for a picnic at weekends.