Below is a dialogue. The underlined phrases are common idiomatic expressions. Read the dialogue first with a partner.
Mary: I'd really like to go see a film this evening. Would you like to come?
Tom: Sure, but let's not go see the Titanic. I hate blockbuster films.
Mary: I know what you mean. Why don't we go see Major League Blues? I've heard it will make you bust your sides laughing.
Tom: Sounds good to me. What's it about?
Mary: Well, it's about the a team that's hit the bottom of the barrel and has to hit the road for all of its 175 games.
Tom: I don't get it .
Mary: Well, the team loses its playing field because of construction contracts and the owner has to throw in the kitchen sink when he tries to sell it to another owner.
Tom: Seems like a strange idea for a movie to me...
Mary: The new owner decides he's going to make a killing by turning the team into the worst baseball team in history. He's a real fox (clever person) and thinks that if the team stinks, the media will give it great coverage and he will be able to turn a nice profit by paying the bad players little and making all the money on off the wall advertising.
Tom: Yeah, that would make sense in this day and age. Anyway, when shall we meet tonight?
Mary: Oh, how about 7.30 before the flick
Tom: Great, see you then.
Mary: Bye.
Here is the meaning of the idioms used in the dialogue above.
blockbuster: huge hit films
bust your sides laughing: Laugh very hard
bottom of the barrel: the very worst
hit the road: travel
don't get it: understand
throw in the kitchen sink:include everything when selling something
make a killing: make a lot of money
real fox: clever person
stinks: to be very bad
nice profit: make a lot of money
off the wall: crazy
this day and age: this period of history
flick: movie, film
Choose three idiomatic expressions from the list above and use them in your own sentence.
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Teacher Alvi