justlearning
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- Joined
- Dec 19, 2013
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Hindi
- Home Country
- India
- Current Location
- India
I(being a non native speaker) often find myself coming up with unnecessarily contrived(and often awkward) sentences when a simple idiom would have made it sound natural(and much more pleasing).
For example, if I am showering praise on someone without their knowing that I am making fun of them, it will never come to my mind that I am ""pulling his leg" and he isn't getting it" rather than ""making fun of him with all these undeserving praise" and he isn't getting it" .
Could you please suggest a book that provides idioms to be used for these kinds of common situations?
For example, if I am showering praise on someone without their knowing that I am making fun of them, it will never come to my mind that I am ""pulling his leg" and he isn't getting it" rather than ""making fun of him with all these undeserving praise" and he isn't getting it" .
Could you please suggest a book that provides idioms to be used for these kinds of common situations?
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