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English idioms with “jump”.

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Kaplan International English

Examples:

– Mark jumped for joy when he found out that he’d be accepted at Harward.
– Some seductive coupon will jump off the page and tease me.
– I think I jumped the gun on calling him “stupid”. He won’t talk to me anymore, I guess it was too early.
– Many celebrities jump on the bandwagon so that the fashion critics of theirs may be positive.
– The boss expects the entire staff to jump through hoops for him.
– None of the editors liked the new policies, so they all jumped ship as soon as other jobs opened up.
– Rober Jordans book series ‘The Wheel of Time’ jumped the shark in book four and has gotten worse ever since.
– Beginning with the end in mind is the first step to jumping over our shadows and making an impact.

The order of adjectives

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ADJECTIVES_word_order_001This is the correct order of adjectives.
Examples:

I love that really big old yellow car that always parked in front of the bank.
BIG  => size
OLD => age
YELLOW => color

(“THAT” is a determiner).

I would like to buy this round, pink, plastic coffee table.
ROUND =>shape
PINK => color
PLASTIC => material

My mother is going to bake a delicious, huge, chocolate cake for my birthday.
DELICIOUS => opinion
HUGE => size
CHOCOLATE => material

***Adjectives expressing quantity go before adjectives expressing opinion. ***
Example:

In my bedroom, there are five small green boxes.
FIVE => quantity
SMALL => size
GREEN => color