{"id":2199,"date":"2017-05-29T08:15:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2017-05-29T08:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T08:15:48","slug":"catch-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/catch-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some idiomatic expression using the word \u2018catch\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch somebody\u2019s eye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To catch somebody\u2019s eye is to get their attention.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sudden movement behind the curtain caught my eye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you try to catch someone\u2019s eye, you are trying to get their attention.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I tried to catch her eye, but she was busy talking to others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Something that catches your eye will most probably be attractive or different.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was her diamond necklace that caught my eye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Catch your breath<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To catch your breath is to wait and rest for a moment after a period of frenetic activity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are too tired. Sit down and catch your breath.<\/li>\n<li>It was such a hectic day. I couldn&#8217;t even catch my breath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Catch somebody napping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If someone is caught napping, they are not prepared for something that happens to them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The teacher caught me napping when she asked me to repeat what she had just said because I was not listening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Catch your death of cold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To catch your death of cold is to catch a very bad cold.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t go out now. It is freezing cold and you will catch your death of cold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u200bCatch 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You find yourself in a catch-22 situation when you can\u2019t do something until you have done another thing which you can\u2019t do until you have done the first thing.\u00a0In other words, a catch-22 situation is an impossible situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch somebody with their pants \/ trousers down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To catch somebody with their pants down is to discover them doing something they want to keep secret.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The minister had taken bribes and the press caught him with his pants down. Now he is facing criminal charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some idiomatic expression using the word \u2018catch\u2019. Catch somebody\u2019s eye To catch somebody\u2019s eye is to get their attention. A sudden movement behind the curtain caught my eye. When you try to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[464,465],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-catch-idioms","tag-high-school-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2200,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199\/revisions\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}