What kind of an umbrella do you use when it's raining cats and dogs???
People with Autism are often literal thinkers, thus making idioms problematic and confusing in conversation, literature, etc.
If you had no idea of what these idioms meant, how do you think you might interpret them?
- Get a grip
- At the eleventh hour
- Don’t get bent out of shape
- My arm is killing me
- At death’s door
- On it’s last legs
- If the shoe fits
If you've never thought about how many idioms are embedded into things people say, check out the collection of over 10, 000 of them in the latest edition of
The American Heritage Dictionary Of Idioms
Here's an interview with the author:
And food for thought for strategies to help with the presence of idioms:
