Description : Is this expression out of style? You know; like "right on."?
Last Answer : Pretty much
Description : Where did the expression "junk" originate?
Last Answer : Junk is also a type of boat….I wonder if that is somehow involved.
Description : Where did the expression, "So help me Hannah," come from?
Last Answer : I’ve never heard that expression and my name is Hannah… Sorry I’m no help. :)
Description : Since the adoption of masks, have you improved in "reading" people's eyes?
Last Answer : Nope, did my best to ignore the mask nonsense.
Description : When is it a solution a knee jerk reaction and when is it just a bad idea, not a knee jerk reaction?
Last Answer : A knee jerk reaction is about responding to something in the moment, with no thought to cause, reason, or outcome. When someone has thought things through, and still responds in a negative way, that is considered bad judgement.
Description : What does death on wheels mean?
Last Answer : It refers to a vehicle that is prone to being involved in devastating accidents. It is a slang term, often applied to motorcycles or very fast cars that are difficult to control. People applied it to the Chevrolet Corvair and the Ford Pinto.
Description : "It's all downhill from here": good or bad?
Last Answer : Context, context, context. And perspective. I’ve used that phrase to mean both things, so I would judge by context, tone of voice, and body language to decide whether to be delighted or distressed.
Description : When did people start saying, "pulled pork" and "pull her file?"?
Last Answer : answer:It happened around the same time ‘by accident’ somehow became ‘on accident’, and the birth of the expression “to conversate” with someone. A lot of young people intentionally mispronounce ‘ask’ as ‘axx’, I guess because they think it makes them sound more ‘street’.....
Description : Do you say, "to be honest with you...." Why or why not?
Last Answer : answer:In my experience, saying to be honest usually means that the person is about to say something that s/he feels people will object to and/or be offended by. I don't think it ... coming from - it could be interpreted as declaring that the following statement will be a rare, honest one.
Description : Is winking a part of your expressive repertoire?
Last Answer : *no
Description : Can you think of famous quotes, or perhaps an idiom or expression, that you would associate with someone, or their voice, just from reading it??
Last Answer : answer:“Hey Now”: Howard Stern “I am not a crook” RMN “Why, I oughta…” Moe Howard
Description : What's the expression or idiom about "a cracked egg"?
Last Answer : You can’t bake a cake without cracking eggs? That’s about the only reference that I can recall to breaking eggs. I haven’t heard one about cracked eggs.
Description : What's your favourite quote or expression?
Last Answer : “What? Me worry?” Alfred E. Newman
Description : What is the most absurd idiom you have heard of?
Last Answer : Better than a kick in the ass with a frozen boot.
Description : English idiom that explains a cooperative/competitive business relationship?
Last Answer : answer:I have seen the term ‘coopetition’ in the business world. I am not sure if is the same concept when applied to politics. Sort of like “frenemy”
Description : What is the origin of the idiom overstepping the mark or line?
Last Answer : answer:Get off the Cricket thing. The phrases regarding lines are older than Cricket, and the practice of demarcating things with lines real or imaginary is ancient. In fact, the various ... normal course of conversation, and can be tarnslated directly into any language without ambiguity of meaning.
Description : How would the idiom "Train Wreck" be translated into French and maintain its meaning?
Last Answer : Still kinda looking for someone fluent in other languages than English. We had another meeting today that could have been an email. I’m just glad I’m not in charge.
Description : Do you have an interesting idiom?
Last Answer : Burning the midnight oil.
Description : Does "own the building" have another meaning (in slang or idiom)?
Last Answer : No, it’s meant literally. Both Debevic’s and Gino’s are owned by the same corporate group, Bravo Restaurants. Until recently, they were right across the street from each other.
Description : What is the idiom I'm looking for?
Last Answer : How do you mean? Elaborate (please)
Description : What is one proverb/idiom that you would say has helped you most in your life?
Last Answer : answer:Suffering can make you strong. Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nothing is ever as good as it seems. Everything is going to be alright. It already is. It always is.
Description : How do you express the meaning of the idiom "your goose is cooked" in other languages?
Last Answer : UGGHH UUHGH AHHHG -My drunk uncle!-Pronounced ‘drunkle” in Drunk Uncle and so on and so on…
Description : What is the idiom about old age?
Last Answer : There are several funny sayings about old age, but only young folks use ‘em.
Description : Does anyone know how to identify an idiom?
Last Answer : I would call that a figure of speech, although out of context, it is hard to tell. An idiom is a group of words that have a meaning that is not clear from the context, such as “I’ll wait until hell freezes over.”
Description : what does the idiom mean He's a cool guy?
Last Answer : It's not an idiom. "Cool" is a slang term meaning someone ispopular or fashionable.
Description : What is a idiom for start over?
Last Answer : start from scratch
Description : What does the idiom climb the wall mean?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What does the idiom 'they had a skeleton in the cupboard' mean?
Last Answer : The correct idiom is "a skeleton in the closet."Imagine opening a closet door and seeing a spooky skeleton! This idiom means that something bad is hidden away in someone's past.
Description : What does the idiom a white elephant mean?
Last Answer : Someone who buys a white elephant has bought a possession that is useless or troublesome. For instance, after buying the property, the new owner discovered he had bought a white elephant. The ... would cost almost the original house price, with the probability of further costs in the future.
Description : What does the idiom at your words mean?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : What does idiom Golden opportunity mean?
Last Answer : An extremely beneficial situation is occurring that should betaken advantage of.
Description : What are some Idiom example?
Last Answer : Dumb as a nail.
Description : What is an idiom that means to be quiet?
Last Answer : button it, cork it, zip it, zip your lip, put a sock init....
Description : What is the idiom for to increase ones worldly possesions?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : What is the meaning of the idiom apples to oranges?
Description : What is the Idiom in Rikki tikki tavi?
Last Answer : ur a bitc
Description : What does the idiom cut off their nose to spite their face mean?
Last Answer : Think about cutting off your nose - it would hurt like heck andbe really ugly and you couldn't breathe well afterwards. This idiomrefers to doing something that ends up being worse for you than itwas for the person you were trying to punish by doing it.
Description : What is the idiom in they are like two peas in a pond?
Last Answer : a couple
Description : What does idioM worksheets mean?
Last Answer : An idiom is a form of expression in a general group or culture. Something like 'It's raining buckets.' This doesn't mean there are literal buckets falling it just means it's raining hard. You most likely will have to define what each idiom means.
Description : What is an idiom?
Last Answer : a common phrase or expression with a meeting that is not to be taken literally
Description : What is an idiom from the lion the witch and the wardrobe?
Last Answer : Catch cold is an idiom from the book.