I quickly discovered in China that idioms are almost a separate language, by themselves. Many of my students already had a firm grasp on the English language and could communicate very well when normal literal words were used.
Unfortunately, idioms are not literal, and the American language has over 11,000+ idiomatic phrases.
After I realized that idioms are so important in American communication, I started collecting them. For 10 years, I collected them from TV shows, movies, and conversations.
I then put them in a multiple-choice format to make them more interesting to study. Plus, this approach forces our minds to process them better.
Since the list is so large, I needed to spread them out over 10 books. There are about 500 pages per book, depending on which Kindle format you use.
Click on "Free Downloads" and then "Idioms" to download these eBooks, or Click here to go there directly.