Dear CPE candidates,
You must all know by now that there's more to this exam than just making small talk in English. Your English needs to be at least OUTSTANDING, and being acquainted with some expressions is a great starting point.
Hence, let's carry out a brainstorm moment, shall we?
Write a small paragraph which contains 5 expressions with names of 5 different ANIMALS.
Are you mighty enough to withstand this challenge?
Happy postings
22 comments:
I loved the idea!
Each composition will be awarded two medals.
The contributors will then vote for the most creative one, and FOUR other medals will be awarded to the composition having the largest number of votes!
How about that?
Great idea, Lesliê!
My friends consider me pig-headed as I always take part at hen parties and criticize stag nights. Oh, so now, am I the black sheep? Ok, that was the last straw that broke the camel's back! They are the ones that let the cat out of the bag all the time and nobody says anything! That's not fair!
Hey Fatima,
What a great job for a start! It seems that you have a whale of a time at hen parties, and yes, I agree: it's not fair.
Great job!
Hey Levi,
You rock at inventing praising systems. Congrats!
Hey Angela, my inspiration,
Miss you loooooooottttttttssssss!!!!
Cheers,
I suck!!! But TWO medals!!! I have to give it a try!!!
Carol and Lily work together, actually they´re more than workmates, they´re birds of a feather. Once, after doing a lot of donkeywork, on their way home they saw a group of boys running like bats out of hell towards them. Instinctively, the girls started to run for it. Lily went on moving as fast as she could. When she looked back, her friend was going in the boys´ direction. Lily thought Carol would beard the lion in his den and went back to help. Carol had lost her shoe and was frozen as the boys were coming closer. The boys passed without giving a mokey to them. It turned out to be a kind of competion. They had no reason to be afraid.
Way to go, Patricia! Very well done, and the thrillng element was a treat.
Congrats on successfully facing the bull by the horn
It seems from the very start we'll have a tiger by the tail deciding on the most creative piece of writing...
Levi, I posted my answer for "Try this one, guys", could you take a look at it?!!! ; )
Let's wait for Fatima's stamp of approval, since that was her post to begin with. But I am positive she'll agree that the medal is yours!
And thank you all very much for making this blog such a tremendous hit!
XOXO
For sure Pat deserves the medal!
Come on, Folks!
This post is an endless source of medals!
You can enter as many compositions as you want! The sky is the limit!
Keep on blogging!
Andrew‘s a lucky bloke. When he decided to play poker for money, people said he didn’t have a cat in hell’s chance and was flogging a dead horse, but he didn’t give a monkey about it: he kept on betting. He’s been being like a dog with two tails because he’s just hit the jackpot: one week ago, he won the first prize in the World Poker Tour. Last night, he went out to celebrate and pushed the boat out. As always, some people are bad-mouthing him and saying that he’s acting like the cock of the walk; but as a matter of fact, he’s got the luck of devil.
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Well, when I was looking up the idioms I stumbled upon loads, so I decided not to miss a trick.
=P
Great job, Junior!
Please, remind me to talk about the perfect continuous aspect, this coming Friday, OK?
Keep up the excellent job, everyone!
Roger!
Hey everyone,
Here goes the expressions we've got so far:
pig-headed
hen party
stag night
the black sheep
the last straw that broke the camel's back
let the cat out of the bag
have a whale of a time
birds of a feather
do the donkey work
run like bats out of hell
beard the lion in his den
give a mokey to sb
facing the bull by the horn
have a tiger by the tail
have a cat in hell’s chance
flog a dead horse
be like a dog with two tails
act like the cock of the walk
Keep on writing and don't forget to include the idioms that are new to you in your vocab book.
I'm eager to see the outcome of this butterfly effect.
Cheers
That is unbelievably cool!
I will not start the voting for the most creative writing piece until there are at least 8 entries!
Reminder:
Each piece is still worth TWO medals
The most voted will be awarded FOUR medals!
Candidates may enter as many pieces
as they wish!
Go for it, guys!
Jobson has always been a dumb bunny. Once a ‘friend’ of his offered him a special fragrance which would attract girls. Jobson thought that if it was true that every dog has its day, maybe his time had finally come. Therefore, he was an eager beaver looking for girls. However, whenever he was with a woman the frangrance had the opposite effect. They girls couldn´t stay with him longer than ten minutes. In fact, Jobson had bought a pig in a poke. The frangrance repelled women and once more people made a monkey out of him.
Hi Pat,
Your student from Japeri school must be very fond of you by now after this beautiful hommage. lolollololololol
Congrats on the text and keep up seeing pink elephants.
Cheers
Excellent, Pat! Your two medals will sonn be posted!
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