Education Idioms

Here are five idioms and phrases that are useful when talking about education.

learn something by heart

To memorise something in such a way that you can say it from memory.

"I learnt the poem by heart."

with flying colours

To succeed easily, with a very high mark or grade.

"I'm confident that Jenny will pass her English exam with flying colours."

brush up on

To improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten.

"My English is getting weak. I had better brush up on it."

cram

To try to learn a lot in a short period of time (mostly used in British English).

"Hikaru is cramming for tomorrow's IELTS exam."

bookworm

We use this idiom to describe someone who is always reading.

"Maria is always reading. She's a real bookworm."

Health Words

• 1 - We all love reading. Most of my friends are ___.
  
  bookworming
  bookworm
  bookworms
  
  
• 2 - I plan to ___ all night for tomorrow's test.
  
  cramming
  crams
  cram
  
  
• 3 - I ___ up on my English before I went to the conference in London.
  
  brushes
  brushed
  brush
  
  
• 4 - Is she ___ to play that song by heart?
  
  learnt
  learning
  learn
  
  
• 5 - He ___ yesterday's test with flying colours.
  
  pass
  passing
  passed