English Idioms and Sayings
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He's running around like a chickken with its head cut off.
This expression is really the same as in Holland. Only I think chickken is with one 'k'.
And this one too:
Got up on the wrong side of the bed
Isn't that funny? The rest isn't recognizable at all, to bad, I like expressions!
This expression is really the same as in Holland. Only I think chickken is with one 'k'.
And this one too:
Got up on the wrong side of the bed
Isn't that funny? The rest isn't recognizable at all, to bad, I like expressions!
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sanny said:
Yep, one k for chicken. "Got up on the wrong side of the bed" is a new one here. Example:
- Sara is out of sorts. She got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
I am here to educate and entertain, and judging by the number of views (over 1200 so far) this thread is a big success.
Expect me to post more soon.
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Okay, here's a question. What does it mean to get cold feet about something?
Does it mean (a) you're happy, (b) you're sad, (c) you're reluctant, or (d) you're apathetic?
Does it mean (a) you're happy, (b) you're sad, (c) you're reluctant, or (d) you're apathetic?
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RonBee said:Okay, here's a question. What does it mean to get cold feet about something?
Does it mean (a) you're happy, (b) you're sad, (c) you're reluctant, or (d) you're apathetic?
I don't know for sure, but there is a serial which is called: cold feet. It's all about family problems and stuff like that, so I think it's 'you're sad', because I don't know the meaning of reluctant and apathetic very well . It could be apathetic, because then you're not in the mood for some things.
What's the right answer?
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tdol said:
Is it in England very coarse to say: shit? Because in Holland almost everybody says it, all the time, at least I do and I'm not a coarse person.
Do you say 'bagger' or something if you think 'too bad' ?
I also would like to know something about the answer 'c', why is this the correct answer?
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sanny said:
When somebody gets "cold feet" about something that means he is not so eager to do it as he used to be.
Example:
- He was going to get married, but at the last minute he got cold feet and didn't show up for the wedding.
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be happy with what you've got??
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Not really; it means don't assume that what you're expecting to happen will happen the way you want. You might have 12 eggs,but that doesn't mean you'll end up with twelve chickens. ;-)
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Oh, hey, so that's why the chickens are mentioned, because of the eggs. I got that one!
Do you have more?
Do you have more?
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What does it mean to stomach something? What does it mean if somebody says he can't stomach something? What does "He doesn't have the stomach for it" mean?
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