Today we will review three new Expressions. Birthday suit, Put on your thinking cap, and Off-the-cuff. Review the definitions below and then look at the 3 example sentences for each expression. After reviewing the information, try to make your own examples for each expression.
| EXPRESSION | MEANING |
| Birthday suit | (Naked or nude) |
| Put on your thinking cap | (Meditate on a problem) |
| Off-the-cuff | (Without preparation) |
BIRTHDAY SUIT
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | Mike embarrassed his grandmother by answering the door in his birthday suit. |
| 2 | She started to blush when she saw him in his birthday suit. |
| 3 | He made a joke that he would go to the party in his birthday suit. |
PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | The teacher told her students to put their thinking caps on. |
| 2 | Do you have your thinking cap on? |
| 3 | I told my niece to put her thinking cap on. |
OFF-THE-CUFF
| # | EXAMPLES |
| 1 | The student decided to do his speech off-the-cuff. |
| 2 | Sometimes people speak off-the-cuff, but it doesn’t always turn out well. |
| 3 | He spoke off-the-cuff but it was amazing. |
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he bet with his friends to attend the party in his birthday suit.
the answer is so simple, put your thinking cap on and you will get it
to give a speech off the cuff and leave people amazed is my dream.
Great job!
You understood the lesson very well
He surprised his friend by putting on his birthday suit in fancy dress competition.put on your thinking cap as we are going to discuss a very serious topic.its very tough to speak off the cuff in a seminar as all ears are on you.
Thank you teacher Tiffani
The drama received a warning on showing a psycho person in his naked suit.
You have to put your thinking on to get the answer of this question!
His off-the-cut speech left a astonishing impression on the judges.
Sorry I’ve made few mistakes in the first and the last sentences. The correct would be like:
The drama received a warning on showing a psycho person in his birthday suit.
His off-the-cuff speech left an astonishing impression on the judges.