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B1 – Intermediate

If you keep your cool in a stressful situation, you manage to remain calm and composed. Now, if you lose your cool, then that would be the opposite, you get angry or enraged in difficult circumstances.

Let us hear more about the expression ‘to keep one’s cool’ in the audio below.

http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/keep-your-cool.html

Discussion Questions:

1. What does “keep one’s cool mean”?
2. How do you react to difficult situations?
3. What do you do when you are stressed?
4. Have you ever lost your cool before? Talk about that situation.
5. What would you do if someone goes ballistic over something very trivial?

B1 – Intermediate

It happens all the time and in all places too. It could be in the office, school or at a local pub. We may not mean to eavesdrop but we hear things we don’t intend to know. What do we do with the piece of information we unwillingly learned?

Let’s hear more about this expression in this audio.

http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/get-wind-of.html

Discussion Questions:

1. What does “get wind of something”mean? What situation was mentioned in the audio?
2. Have you been in a similar situation? What was it about?
3. Are you good at keeping secrets?
4. How likely are you going to react when you get wind of an important information?

B1 – Intermediate

Some people try hard to be cautious with their words and deeds in order for things to go as planned. No matter how careful we are there are still some moments when we unwittingly make a situation worse for us.

Let’s listen to the audio about the expression “shoot one’s self in the foot”.

http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/shoot-yourself-in-the-foot.html

Discussion Questions:

1. What does the idiom “shoot yourself in the foot” mean? Do you have a similar expression in your language?
2. Have you ever shot yourself in the foot? What happened? What did you do to get out of that situation?
3. What can you do when you ‘shot yourself in the foot’?