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12-Dec-2006, 09:17
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drink like a fish= regularly drink too much alcohol
eg. Her husband drinks like a fish.
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10-Jan-2007, 20:32
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Looks like the cat that swallowed the canary.
Means looking very smug and satisfied. |
17-Jan-2007, 14:04
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guys, you rock! a great subject Mad-ox, by the way, guys would you mind posting one idiom at a time? not only because it's the rule of the game, but also because it's easier to memorize them, any way here's what I've got:
A white-elepahant: to call a thing a white-elephant, means that it's an unprofitable possession.
it thought that the idiom came when king Siam had a habit of bringing his courtiers to beggary-don't know what does it mean-, he used to present them with a whit elephant, of course the courtier cannot refuse a present given to him by the king nor can he refuse to keep it the result is soon a ruined man. |
08-Feb-2007, 07:40
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Originally Posted by JACOOL  guys, you rock! a great subject Mad-ox, by the way, guys would you mind posting one idiom at a time? not only because it's the rule of the game, but also because it's easier to memorize them...... |
Indeed the rule was introduced( one idiom posted at a time) so that, in this way, these idioms could be easily memorized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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08-Feb-2007, 10:47
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Flat out like a lizard drinking - very busy ( it's an Aussie slang so use in moderation )...I know, lizard is not an animal.... 
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12-Feb-2007, 02:06
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Originally Posted by sydneysider Flat out like a lizard drinking - very busy ( it's an Aussie slang so use in moderation )...I know, lizard is not an animal.... | Well, I don't know about Australia, but in this country (USA) a lizard is an animal--a reptile, in fact.  |
12-Feb-2007, 03:15
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Originally Posted by RonBee Well, I don't know about Australia, but in this country (USA) a lizard is an animal--a reptile, in fact. | Oops..... |
14-Feb-2007, 20:09
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thanks Mad-ox, here's another one, an idiom you all know: the early bird, catches the worm. obvious isn't it | | The Following User Says Thank You to JACOOL For This Useful Post: | |
22-Feb-2007, 02:06
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"Every dog has his days"
Everyone has successful time and bad time. No one has only success and no one has only failure. |
23-Feb-2007, 16:59
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check this out: "the land of bears" refere to a place where people acting aggressively.
O that yard is a land of bears-  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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