Here’s a cute idiom in the spirit of the holidays:
Like Turkeys Voting for Christmas!
Wait a minute. Why would a turkey vote for Christmas? Turkeys should be voting AGAINST Christmas. Why? Because every year on Christmas eve, millions of families around the world eat turkeys for dinner. So the turkeys voting for Christmas is totally crazy and definitely bad news for the turkeys right? That is what the idiom is all about.
When you accept a situation that is bad for you, you’re like turkeys voting for Christmas.
How about some examples:
1-Women who accept to live with their mother-in-laws under the same roof are like turkeys voting for Christmas!
2-Homosexuals who vote for a president against gay marriage are like turkeys voting for Christmas!
3-If you are a husband and a wife with average salaries considering to buy a mobile phone for your bubbly 13-year-old daughter, you are definitely like turkeys voting for Christmas.
GOT IT?
OK! Can you think of more examples for the students? It would be nice to hear from both teachers and students.
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