English Idioms and Sayings - Page 36

RonBee · #**351** (**permalink**) 07-Jul-2004, 21:26

Q: What does "I'm at the end of my rope" mean?

A: It means the person is out of options and doesn't know what to do.

Example:

I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know what to do. The bills are coming due, and I don't know how I'm going to pay them.

RonBee · #**352** (**permalink**) 07-Jul-2004, 21:26

Q: What does "I'm at the end of my rope" mean?

A: It means the person is out of options and doesn't know what to do.

Example:

I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know what to do. The bills are coming due, and I don't know how I'm going to pay them.

blacknomi · #**353** (**permalink**) 10-Jul-2004, 19:33

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?

How do you like my example?

Speaker A: Who's the next?
Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

:)

Francois · #**354** (**permalink**) 10-Jul-2004, 20:55

I like it

FRC

RonBee · #**355** (**permalink**) 11-Jul-2004, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacknomi

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?

How do you like my example?

Speaker A: Who's the next?
Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

:)

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun. :)

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

:)

Francois · #**356** (**permalink**) 12-Jul-2004, 14:39

I would understand that it's just another guy/girl -- you don't even bother to name him/her.

FRC

blacknomi · #**357** (**permalink**) 12-Jul-2004, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacknomi

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?

How do you like my example?

Speaker A: Who's the next?
Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

:)

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun. :)

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

:)

Laughing academy? :)

RonBee · #**358** (**permalink**) 12-Jul-2004, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacknomi

Quote:

Originally Posted by RonBee

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacknomi

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?

How do you like my example?

Speaker A: Who's the next?
Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

:)

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun. :)

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

:)

Laughing academy? :)

More likely, a morgue.

:(

blacknomi · #**359** (**permalink**) 14-Jul-2004, 17:41

Ron got married last year, but he's seeing Cas now, and he had a candlelit dinner with Susan. Today he is with me. 8)

Is there a proverb to describe this triangle?

How about "You can't dance at two weddings" "to keep a foot in both camps " "to have it both ways" :wink:

Francois · #**360** (**permalink**) 14-Jul-2004, 19:21

To play the field?

FRC


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