What are some examples of educational idioms?

Answer 1

As easy as ABC - Something incredibly easy

Bookworm - Someone who reads a lot.

Brainstorming - Coming up with ideas.

Copycat - Someone who does what another does or copies their work.

Get an A for effort - It means getting recognition for hard work, even if the person does not succeed.

Getting back to basics - Trying what traditionally worked for success in the past.

Goof off - To waste time. It can be used as a noun to mean someone who wastes time.

Having one's nose in a book - Reading

Learning by heart - Being able to do or remember something without thinking about it.

Living in an ivory tower - Not being aware of the realities of life. Living in a protected world, like a college campus.

Off-campus - Held at a place other than school or college. The term campus could be used more broadly to refer to a corporate or hospital facility and its grounds. So off-campus would mean away from those places as well.

Old school - Things that were popular in the past but less common now.

Play hooky - Be somewhere else when you are supposed to be in school. It is similar to the military term AWOL - absent without leave. The term might also be used in a workplace situation where there are no-shows and unexcused absences.

School of hard knocks - Learning through difficult life experiences.

Answer 2

1. "Hit the books" means to study or read.
2. "Learn the ropes" means to understand how to do a job or task.
3. "Pass with flying colors" means to succeed easily.
4. "Put two and two together" means to draw a logical conclusion.