習語是一門語言最生動的組成部分，蘊含豐富的歷史、地理、宗教信仰、文化習俗、思維方式和審美習慣等文化因子。在英語教學過程中，教師積極正確地引入英語習語，可以在提高學生的表達能力、培養(yǎng)學習興趣等方面起到事半功倍的效果。
語言是文化的載體，習語又是語言的精華。英語習語就其廣義而言，包括成語、格言、典故、諺語、俗語等，具有特定形式的詞組，其蘊含的含義往往是不能從詞組中單個詞的意思推測而得。英語習語形象鮮明，寓意深刻，蘊含豐富的文化內涵，具有鮮明的民族特色，是人類智慧的結晶。它是英語中表達力最強、文化內涵最豐富的一部分，在英語教學中，必須注意英語習語的教學。雖然它一直是英語學習或英語教學的重點和難點，但對英語教學有著極其重要的促進作用。
What do you think these phrases mean in the sentences?
1. I know you’ve had a lot of fun tonight but it’s time for bed before you turn into a pumpkin.
2. The office has skeleton staff on Saturdays.
3. If you 'ride on a wave’ of something, you benefit from a period of success and/or popularity.
4. I have to rack my brains to think of what to buy her for Christmas every year.
5. I am sorry you lost your camera but it’s no use crying over spilt milk. Go and get a new one.
6. If you have 'the lion’s share’ of something, you have the largest part of it.
7. If something is described ' a piece of cake’, it means it’s easy to do.
8. It’s only a 2000-word essay--stop making a mountain out of a molehill!
9. In Britain, when we say ' across the pond ’ or ' the other side of the pond’ we might be referring to the Atlantic Ocean and the US.
10. We say ' it’s on the cards’ when we mean that something is likely to happen.
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