a few idioms or sayings ???

aga14x · Jan 6, 2011

I'd like to ask about meaning these:

1. And how's it been with you and Jack?
We rub along OK.
Not rub each other up the wrong way?

2. I'm a glass half-full kind of girl.

3. I thought Australia would be nice (to fly there). But then I thought afterwards, what about my carbon footprint?

Agnieszka

5jj · Jan 6, 2011

One at a time. I'll take #2

aga14x said:
2. I'm a glass half-full kind of girl.

She has an optimistic nature.

An optimist has been defined as a person who sees a half-glass of water as being half full, a pessimist as one who sees it as half empty.

Slot · Jan 6, 2011

***** I am not a teacher *****

"We get along OK." I had never heard or read "We rub along OK."

"We rub each other the wrong way." Or, "Jack rubs me the wrong way." Up should not be included.

Barb_D · Jan 6, 2011

Carbon footprint refers to how much greenhouse gas production are you responsible for. She is wondering what the environmental impact of her flight would be.

5jj · Jan 6, 2011

Slot said:
"We get along OK." I had never heard or read "We rub along OK."
It's not common, but it is heard in BrE.

"We rub each other the wrong way." Or, "Jack rubs me the wrong way." Up should not be included. In AmE, perhaps. 'Up' is part of the BrE expression.

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Slot · Jan 6, 2011

fivejedjon said:
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Originally Posted by Slot
"We get along OK." I had never heard or read "We rub along OK."
It's not common, but it is heard in BrE.

"We rub each other the wrong way." Or, "Jack rubs me the wrong way." Up should not be included. In AmE, perhaps. 'Up' is part of the BrE expression.

CanE, actually (for what it's worth), but I'd better make more use of Google.

Barb_D · Jan 6, 2011

So, just to make sure I get this,

When someone irritates you, in the US and Canada, we say "He rubs me the wrong way" but in the UK, you'd say "He rubs me up the wrong way"?

5jj · Jan 6, 2011

Barb_D said:
So, just to make sure I get this,

When someone irritates you, in the US and Canada, we say "He rubs me the wrong way" but in the UK, you'd say "He rubs me up the wrong way"?

Yes, for the UK.

a few idioms or sayings ???

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