3. запретный плод. Forbidden fruit
4. соль земли. The salt of the earth
5. Это мой крест. A cross to bear
6. обоюдоострый меч. A two - edged sword
7. Не сторож я брату своему. Am I my brother’s keeper
8. Потерпеть поражение. Bite the dust
9. Глас вопиющего в пустыне. A voice crying in the wilderness
10. Что посеешь, то и пожнешь. As you sow so shall you reap
11. пойти навстречу, пойти на уступки. Go the extra mile
12. Деньги – корень всех зол. The love of money is the root of all evil
13. смотреть на мир одними глазами. See eye to eye
14. письмена на стене. The writing is on the wall
B. Which of the sayings would you use to:
a. describe something imminent (bound to happen) and evil. The writing is on the wall
b. comfort a person who complains about low income. The love of money is the root of all evil
c. describe the best people you know. The salt of the earth
d. rebuke sb. for sth bad he or she has done. As you sow so shall you reap
e. describe your readiness for a compromise. Go the extra mile
f. refer to a person who does not lose faith and hope even when their life is really hard. Patience of Job
g. answer sb. who thinks you do too much for your friend who doesn’t seem to deserve it. A cross to bear
h. describe the situation when you try to convince people who do not want to hear you. A voice crying in the wilderness
i. refer to your kindred spirit. See eye to eye
j. answer a person who advises you but seems to have the same problem. Physician, heal thyself
k. describe a slightly illegal entertainment. Forbidden fruit
l. describe something which can harm your opponent but also yourself. A two - edged sword
m. refer to a defeat. Bite the dust
n. answer when somebody asks you about your friend’s whereabouts. Am I my brother’s keeper
C. These are the exact sources of the Quotes and metaphors. Can you match them with the right quote. Read the text in question and prepare to explain the initial meaning of the Biblical words.
Note: In English, the titles of the Bible parts can be different from Russian. The first number after the title means Chapter and the second – the verse. Hence, another idiom – to know chapter and verse about sb/sth (to know everything about a person).
1. Genesis 2:9 Forbidden fruit
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
2. Matthew 5:41 Go the extra mile
If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.
3. Luke 14:47 A cross to bear
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple
4. Proverbs 5:4 A two-edged sword
but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5. John 1: 23 A voice crying in the wilderness
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’
6. Genesis 4:9 Am I my brother’s keeper
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
7. Galatians 6 As you sow so shall you reap
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
8. Psalm 72 Bite the dust
May he rule from sea to sea
and from the River[b] to the ends of the earth.
May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
9. Timothy 6:10 The love of money is a root of all evil
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
10. Isaiah 52:8 See eye to eye
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
11. Matthew 5:13 The salt of the earth
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
12. Daniel 5:5/6 The writing is on the wall
Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.
13. Job Patience of Job
Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is beset by Satan with God's permission with horrendous disasters that take away all that he holds dear, including his offspring, his health, and his property.
14. Luke 4:23 Physician, heal yourself
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’”
D. Complete the following sentences and even song lyrics with the sayings:
1. They had eaten of forbidden fruit of knowledge and had been cast out of paradise.
2. Look, you’ve got your cross to bear, all right, I’ve got mine.
3. The finale of Unforgiven is as much a tragedy for the survivors as for those who bite the dust .
4. In good songs, the thinking is: “You reap what you sow.”
5. The backbone of the nation, the salt of the earth.
15. He had seen the writing on the wall: after the oil crisis of 1973 there wasn’t going to be enough money to keep all the universities.
6. He said he could not serve on that sub-committee “when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject.
7. Mr. Patten told legislators: “We wished to go the extra mile and give the Chinese side every opportunity to respond.”
8. Money is the root of all evil, dictates the puritanical thought of the Old Age.
9. “Alone in my sorrow I heard a voice cry,
A voice crying in the wilderness, a voice from the sky
(Cliff Richard)