266-daughter/girl

[Miner49'er]

Thx angliholic

I presume the English equivalent is as follows:

An old goat often likes to rob/snatch a cradle.

Sounds nice!

And we have an exact counterpart in my language:

An old ox/cattle likes to eat young/green grass.

Same as in Flemish but we use goat instead of ox.

[Miner49'er]

What does rash mean here? Experts, shed some light please.

I think he means "plague" like smallpox or even worse

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by angliholic

Thanks, Anglika.
So you means when someone (could it be a lady?) likes green leaves, they always think, "The grass is greener on the other side of the fence."

The first comment about 'green leaves' was in reference to freshness, newness.

Correction
So you mean...

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Andrew Whitehead

virgin - Wiktionary

Andrew, thanks for the page (in China we can't get Wiktionary or wicked-o-pedia). The link along with a Read more here-tag will suffice. Space, man. Space.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by PINKGREAT

Sorry, what are we talking about? An unmarried woman is not always a virgin. Please, correct me.

True, true, and not all married women are non-virgins.

Correction
An unmarried woman...

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Andrew Whitehead

I don't rate Websters dictionaries much either, and detest the rash of electronic English/language of your choice dictionaries springing up.

Join the club.

Originally Posted by Andrew Whitehead

I much prefer paper, monolingual, etymological dictionaries

Good advice.

If you can get a thesaurus to go with it that is even better,...

Synonyms? Now that's just heresy ; Antonyms, great choice.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by angliholic

What does rash mean here?

A rash of means an outbreak of many instances with in a short period of time; e.g., a rash of burglaries.

[Andrew Whitehead]

Originally Posted by Miner49'er

Hi Andrew

You're right, my dictionary is getting old.

But I really need a dictionary that is only a keystroke away when I'm on English forums, mostly for spelling problems.

The next present I'll ask my daughters to buy will be a brand new, up to date dictionary that explains everything about pre-marriage intercourse

Old rake = old man; Green leaves = young ladies

Yep, that explains it all

There are some reasonable on-line dictionaries around to check spelling, but you would have to make a choice between English and US versions. I use the Firefox browser, which includes quite a good UK dictionary that checks all my spellings automatically.

What does rash mean here? Experts, shed some light please.

I used 'rash' to emphasise that it is unwanted. A rash is literally an outbreak of spots on your skin. There are lots of them and you don't like it, just like electronic bi-lingual dictionaries.

An old goat often likes to rob/snatch a cradle.

I have never heard that one, though I have heard 'he's an old goat' used for older men who still chase women.

Andrew, thanks for the page (in China we can't get Wiktionary or wicked-o-pedia).

This surprises me. Where in China are you? I used to live in Shanghai and I could get Wiki-everything on line. That was in 2004/2005, have things changed that much?

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Andrew Whitehead

Where in China are you? I used to live in Shanghai and I could get Wiki-everything on line. That was in 2004/2005, have things changed that much?

Yes, things have changed. I'm in Shanghai. Pudong, to be more specific.

[Miner49'er]

Andrew,

You wrote;

I use the Firefox browser, which includes quite a good UK dictionary that checks all my spellings automatically.

I use Firefox 2.0.01 but I've never found a dictionary that can be integrated.

Would you please be so kind to post a link to where I can find such one?