Today’s episode is about three idioms containing the word “spot”
The word spot has several meanings, and one of them is “place”.
All of the following idioms are connected with this meaning in one way or another.
- The first idiom is “on the spot”.
On the spot means at that very moment or at that very place
I can’t make such an important decision on the spot. (which means I can’t make a decision right here, right now)
He was detained on the spot as he was trying to leave the country.
2. The second idiom is to put someone on the spot. If you put someone on the spot, you make them answer a difficult question or make a decision very quickly, and by doing so you make them feel embarrassed.
She put him on the spot by asking if he was married. (which means she asked him a question he didn’t expect to hear and that made him feel embarrassed)
No one likes being put on the spot.
3. The last idiom is “be rooted to the spot”
Be rooted to the spot is to be unable to move.
She was rooted to the spot with fear (which means she was so frightened she couldn’t move)
After the accident he just stood there, rooted to the spot.
And now choose an idiom you like most and write your own sentence with it.
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