English Idioms and Sayings

**Tdol** · 17-Dec-2003, 22:29

Originally Posted by RonBee

What about:

He's like a bull in a china shop.

Eh?

A clumsy person who breaks things, or upsets people.

How about

A busman's holiday

**RonBee** · 18-Dec-2003, 01:04

Originally Posted by tdol

Originally Posted by RonBee

What about:

He's like a bull in a china shop.

Eh?

A clumsy person who breaks things, or upsets people.

How about

A busman's holiday

I think that's a holidy that a person takes that has something to do with his work. Am I close?

:)

**Tdol** · 18-Dec-2003, 10:45

You are 'bang on the money'.

**RonBee** · 18-Dec-2003, 14:52

How about:

He's bitten off more than he can chew.

Or:

He has bitten off more than he can chew.

That means that that person has taken on more than he can handle in some area.

**RonBee** · 18-Dec-2003, 17:25

Re:
He was like a fish out of water.

That means that the person was in an unfamiliar environment and uncomfortable because he didn't know how to conduct himself (behave).

**RonBee** · 19-Dec-2003, 00:38

"Got up on the wrong side of the bed" = woke up grumpy and out of sorts.
Example:

Ron got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

:wink:

**Tdol** · 19-Dec-2003, 01:53

'Turn a blind eye'

Ignore some rule being broken.

**RonBee** · 19-Dec-2003, 15:48

Originally Posted by tdol

'Turn a blind eye'

Ignore some rule being broken.

"He turned a blind eye to her staying out past curfew."

Eh?

:)

**RonBee** · 19-Dec-2003, 15:50

Re:

Like a house afire.

Meaning: performing at optimum level; doing astonishingly well

Example:

Michael Jordan played like a house afire, scoring 37 points.

**Red5** · 19-Dec-2003, 16:15

So tell me, what does the following mean (and why)?

"They get on like a house on fire"

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