Title | Idioms In ASL |
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Author | Kathryn Britton |
Course | Intermediate American Sign Language I |
Institution | Tarrant County College |
Pages | 2 |
File Size | 47.4 KB |
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Total Downloads | 95 |
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Help in knowing how to sign spoken idioms....
Idioms in ASL 1) ASL Pro 2) Easy as pie / piece of cake 3) Loss for words / speechless (smack talk, gotcha, burn, oh snap) 4) Awesome / big wow 5) Back up 6) Barely / hardly / scarcely / hard to come by 7) Better than nothing (fortunately) – “lucky” 8) Blow someone away 9) Came to mind 10) Chip in 11) Close call / really close 12) Common sense 13) Compulsive liar 14) Conceited / egomaniac 15) Darn you 16) Defeat / wipe out 17) Dirty business 18) Don’t feel like it “bored” 19) Dumbfounded 20) Fall back / relapse 21) Feeble minded 22) Broke 23) Gross someone out 24) Gut feeling 25) Hey / what’s up / what’s your problem 26) Hit the jackpot 27) Holy cow / woah 28) If I were you / if I were in your shoes 29) In one ear out the other 30) No significance / despite / regardless 31) Jump for joy 32) Jump to conclusions 33) Keep an eye on 34) Live and learn / roll with the punches 35) Lost in thought 36) Make a fuss 37) Messed up 38) Much better than someone 39) On the fence / ambivilant 40) Overlook 41) Pro / expert / experience 42) Rarely 43) Stinky / it really stinks 44) Taking advantage of (negatively)
45) That’s not what I’m talking about / not what I mean 46) That’s understandable 47) To talk on and on 48) Totally / mostly / utmost 49) Wide-awake / alert 50) Word on the street / through the grapevine 51) Worship / idolize 52) You’re crazy...