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.