KateCatt
New member
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Russian Federation
Hello, everyone! My name is Kate and I'm from Russian Federation, that's why sorry for my english;-) I need your help very-very, for my work at university I need answers of native speakers, it's very important for my research, please try to help me, I hope it will not be very difficult for you
Here is my Questionnaire, you are welcome!
Read the following idioms and tick those which are typically English and have no equivalents in other languages.
If a non-native speaker uses the following idioms in his / her speech it sounds:
Here is my Questionnaire, you are welcome!
Read the following idioms and tick those which are typically English and have no equivalents in other languages.
- As the crow flies – directly or in a straight line
- Dutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herself
- Fish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environment
- Look like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractive
- Go bananas – go crazy
- Have a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you cough
- Bring home the bacon – earn money to live on
- A penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend money
- Not worth a red cent - worthless
- Hem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly
If a non-native speaker uses the following idioms in his / her speech it sounds:
- Natural
- Admiring
- Strange
- As the crow flies – directly or in a straight line
- Dutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herself
- Fish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environment
- Look like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractive
- Go bananas – go crazy
- Have a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you cough
- Bring home the bacon – earn money to live on
- A penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend money
- Not worth a red cent - worthless
- Hem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly