A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said,“I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”

　　“we don't go into a house together.”They replied.

　　“Why is that?”she wanted to know.

　　One of the old man explained,“His name is wealth. This is Success, and I am Love.”Then he added,“Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

　　Then the woman went in and told her husband what happened. Her husband said,“Let's invite Wealth. Let him in and fill our home with wealth. His wife disagreed,”My dear why don't we invite Success?“The daughter made a suggestion,”Would it be better to invite love? Our home will then be filled with love! “Let's take our daughter's advice,”said the father.

　　So the woman went out and asked,“Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success,“I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

　　The old men replied together.“If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out. But since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we will go with him.”Wherever there is love, there is wealth and success.

Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it.
For example, if an American boy asks his mother what’s for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I’ll play it by ear”, that means she doesn’t have plans for dinner and she will decide later. "Play by ear" used to mean playing music using the sheet music, but now people often use it when they’re not talking about music.
There’re many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be more vivid and colorful. English idioms are more common in spoken English. They can be difficult to remember sometimes. Next time when you hear somebody saying to you, "Give me a hand", you don’t necessarily stretch out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And when the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It’s not about the color of your hand! You’re a green hand when you are very new at your work and don’t have much experience. If you and your partner always work together hand in glove, you two definitely work together very well.
Can you guess the meanings of some common English idioms to do with parts of your body?
【小题1】What is an idiom ?
【小题2】What does “ Can you give me a hand “ mean ?
【小题3】Are English idioms more common in written English or spoken English ?

Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don't understand the culture behind it.
For example, if an American boy asks his mother what's for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I'll play it by ear”, that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later. "Play by ear" used to mean playing music using the sheet music, but now people often use it when they're not talking about music.
There're many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be more vivid and colorful. English idioms are more common in spoken English. They can be difficult to remember sometimes. Next time when you hear somebody saying to you, "Give me a hand", you don't necessarily stretch out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And when the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It's not about the color of your hand! You're a green hand when you are very new at your work and don't have much experience. If you and your partner always work together hand in glove, you two definitely work together very well.
Can you guess the meanings of some common English idioms to do with parts of your body?

1. 1.

   What is an idiom ?

2. 2.

   What does “ Can you give me a hand “ mean ?

3. 3.

   Are English idioms more common in written English or spoken English ?