B barnej0096 Member Joined May 30, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Polish Home Country Poland Current Location Netherlands Sep 29, 2012 #1 I need to find an idiom for a mening: to make oneself/sb ready for use. I can't come up with anything.
I need to find an idiom for a mening: to make oneself/sb ready for use. I can't come up with anything.
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 29, 2012 #2 A person ready to be used? I'm not quite sure what you mean. Can you give an example?
B barnej0096 Member Thread starter Joined May 30, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Polish Home Country Poland Current Location Netherlands Sep 30, 2012 #3 I have a definition: make oneself/sb ready for use. And I have to find an idiom that fits to it.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Sep 30, 2012 #4 barnej0096 said: I have a definition: make oneself/sb ready for use. And I have to find an idiom that fits to it. Click to expand... The definition doesn't make sense. If people don't make themselves ready for use, then we wouldn't have an idiom for it.
barnej0096 said: I have a definition: make oneself/sb ready for use. And I have to find an idiom that fits to it. Click to expand... The definition doesn't make sense. If people don't make themselves ready for use, then we wouldn't have an idiom for it.
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Sep 30, 2012 #5 emsr2d2 said: The definition doesn't make sense. If people don't make themselves ready for use, then we wouldn't have an idiom for it. Click to expand... But ready for a particular use works: 'primed for action', 'ready for anything', 'up for it'... (Sprinters refer to starting 'on the B of the bang') b
emsr2d2 said: The definition doesn't make sense. If people don't make themselves ready for use, then we wouldn't have an idiom for it. Click to expand... But ready for a particular use works: 'primed for action', 'ready for anything', 'up for it'... (Sprinters refer to starting 'on the B of the bang') b
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Sep 30, 2012 #6 I wouldn't class that as "somebody being ready for a particular use". Surely that's just "somebody being ready for something/to do something".
I wouldn't class that as "somebody being ready for a particular use". Surely that's just "somebody being ready for something/to do something".
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Oct 1, 2012 #7 Yes, I was over-interpreting 'use'. A crossword-setter might think it needed a 'prop';-) ('somebody being ready for a particular purpose'). b
Yes, I was over-interpreting 'use'. A crossword-setter might think it needed a 'prop';-) ('somebody being ready for a particular purpose'). b