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English idioms about education
20 idioms native speakers use when they talk about education. Meanings, examples and a 10-question quiz right on the page.
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Each has a meaning, five examples and a grammar note.
1hit the booksto start studying seriously, especially before exams2get the hang ofto learn how to do something that is not simple at first3it's not rocket scienceit is easy to understand or do4trial and errortrying different methods and learning from what goes wrong5the penny dropssomeone finally understands something after a while6a crash coursea short period of lessons that teaches a lot very quickly7rack your brainsto think very hard to remember or solve something8go over your headto be too difficult for you to understand9out of your depthwithout enough knowledge or skill to deal with something10teacher's petthe favourite pupil in a class, who gets special treatment11pick your brainsto ask someone who knows a lot for information or advice12know something inside outto be familiar with every detail of something13take something on boardto understand and accept an idea or advice14draw a blankto fail to remember something or find an answer15a school of thoughta set of ideas or beliefs shared by a group of people16in a class of your ownmuch better than everyone else at something17put your thinking cap onto concentrate hard on how to solve a problem18play truantto stay away from school without permission19a mine of informationa person who knows a lot of useful facts20the school of hard knockslearning from difficult experiences in life rather than from lessons
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