Shenker English Tips - Quotes, Sayings & Idioms /2

Shenker English Tips – QUOTES &e IDIOMS SAYINGS Quote "When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness" Nicole Kidman, Australian actress, b. 1967 relinquish – abandon, give up Saying Great oaks from little acorns groW. "Small and modest things can become large and impressive with time." oaks – large trees with lobed deciduous leaves, for exampl the common or Engish oak (Quercus robur) acoms- fruit of an oak tree Idiom Takes the biscuit = is incredibly surprising remarkable, foolish, or annoying, sSurpassing or exceeding all others %3D I've seen some terrible TV programmes, but "Teenage Zombie Disco DJ" really takes the bisCuit!" (In the US, the expression is takes the cake) Shenker The Total English Experience