Douglas Wise English Teaching Resources

Idioms for Creative Writing

Written by Douglas Wise | 13 December, 2025

 

 

I’ve compiled some popular idioms that I plan to introduce my students to in the new term to help them add a bit of style to their Q5 writing. They’re grouped into four areas:

  1. Sport
  2. Colour
  3. Theatre
  4. Weather

Here’s a snip ⤵️

From time to time, I’ll test their knowledge of them. Only briefly – as part of a Do Now task or something similar. Here are the test slides, which are grouped according the original areas ⤵️

Everything should be easy to edit or adapt –

Doug

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