English Idioms and Sayings

Originally Posted by RonBee

What does it mean to blow your own horn?

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To do whatever you want to do?

Originally Posted by RonBee

What is meant by:

• There is more than one way to skin a cat.

There are more ways to achieve one's aim? There are more ways to get what you want?

[Beeuurkes]

Originally Posted by RonBee

What is a right hand man?

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A person you can rely on ?

Originally Posted by RonBee

What is the whole nine yards?

What is the whole shebang?

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The whole nine yards, isn't that a home run in a football game?
And the whole shebang, isn't that everything?
To get the whole shebang: to get everything?

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Originally Posted by Beeuurkes

A person you can rely on ?

I thought about that too! :D , but I don't know if it's correct...

[Beeuurkes]

Yes. That could also be a one-handed man.

And that means?? :(

[bmo]

Originally Posted by sanny

Problems have to be solved??

The one who complains the louldest gets the attention.

BMO

[bmo]

Originally Posted by sanny

To do whatever you want to do?

Bragging about yourself.

BMO

[bmo]

Originally Posted by Beeuurkes

He's made his mind. He adopted a different point of view because he felt he was wrong ?

Do the opposite way. The French and the German governments were playing a different tune when President Bush wanted to go to war in Iraq.

BMO