part of the American English speech community. This may be one .... A number of
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I like your friend.
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If you study English seriously, sooner or later you'll become fluent. ... A. Choose
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In addition to lack of compositionality, idiomatic expressions show varying degrees of syntactic productivity (a clitic
Illustrated Idioms. "She is as quiet as a mouse." Extremely quiet--doesn't talk
much. It's raining cats and dogs! It is raining very hard. Jumping through hoops.
Illustrated Idioms
Jumping through hoops. Going through a lot of unnecessary trouble to please someone.
"She is as quiet as a mouse." Extremely quiet--doesn't talk much.
just a babe in the woods.
He's
An innocent. An inexperienced person in a difficult situation.
I put my foot in my mouth when I assured my wife that I never thought about my old girlfriends and then a few minutes later called her by tack. the wrong name.
He is as sharp as a He is extremely smart.
To say the wrong thing,
He had to turn in his paper which was due before 5 p.m. on Friday. He was running against the clock. To have a tight deadline.
Time flies when you're having fun.
To feel that very little time has passed when actually a lot of time has gone by.
I wish that he would be more serious. He wants to just monkey around.
grow on trees.
Money doesn't
You have to work for something (like money) to get it. You can't just go out and accidentally find it.
To handle something very casually; to do something without a real purpose; to play around.
Susan was wondering what she was going to present at the Thegrass is meeting, and then a lightbulb went always greener (on the other side of the off and she knew what she would fence).What you don't have always looks present. better than what you have. To get an idea.
Time is A penny saved is a running out to get the latest issue of The penny earnedEven small amounts of He cannot make up his mind whether or not to buy English Teacher's Assistant covering the money are worth teaching theme "Families." saving. stocks right now. He is It's almost too late. straddling the fence To have trouble coming to a decision.
"You >hit the nail on the head >when you said learning to "I'll believe speak politicians when fish fly. English well would help me in my job--it Something that will never happen. has." To describe something accurately or exactly.
"I went to the U.S.A. to study English. I met a new friend there who was from my " I know you don't hometown. What a small world like it when your mother calls you lazy, A coincidence in a distant place-but if the shoe fits, wear it. If the usually in meeting someone who description is correct, accept it. knows a friend or relative of yours or who is from the same place you are.
"Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in the haystack." Difficult to find or uncover.
Don't cry over spilt milk
"He's going around in circles."
Meaning: Don't worry about things you have done that you can't change.
Meaning: He is not accomplishing anything.
"He has his face in the sand".
"She has a broken heart"
Meaning: He doesn't see the truth.
Meaning: She is very sad.
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket".
"He's a fat cat".
Meaning: Diversify. Try many types of things--not just one.
Meaning: He's an important person.
"He's moving at a snail's pace."
"They are exchanging money under the table."
Meaning: to move very slowly
Meaning: illegal
"He's on pins and needles."
"He's in the dog house."
Meaning: He's waiting anxiously or nervously.
Meaning: He's in trouble.
"Their business is a money pit." Meaning: It is losing a lot of money with little hope for profit.
