English Idioms and Sayings

[RonBee]

Q: What does it mean to be "on pins and needles"?
A: It means the person is nervous and anxious.

Example:

I was on pins and needles waiting for the other shoe to drop.

:wink:

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "Don't make waves" mean?
A: Don't rock the boat.

:wink:

 

[bmo]

Q: What does "Don't make waves" mean?
A: Don't rock the boat.

:wink:

My explanation is: "Make waves" is making trouble, and "Rock the boat" is spoiling a situation. Same thing?

BMO

 

[Tdol]

There pretty close, but I agree that spoiling a situation would only be 'rocking the boat'.;-)

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "Don't make waves" mean?
A: Don't rock the boat.

:wink:

My explanation is: "Make waves" is making trouble, and "Rock the boat" is spoiling a situation. Same thing?

BMO

Either one amounts to stirring up things that (in somebody's opinion) are better left alone. Making waves is rocking the boat, and rocking the boat makes waves.

:wink:

 

[RonBee]

There pretty close, but I agree that spoiling a situation would only be 'rocking the boat'.;-)

There close?

:roll:

(Ron, making waves.)

:wink:

 

[Tdol]

Yikes!! Sorry for that. ;-(

 

[RonBee]

:wink:

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "Don't make waves" mean?

A: Don't disturb the status quo. Don't create a disturbance.

Example:

• Keep it to yourself. You know the boss won't go for that idea. Don't make waves.

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "Don't make waves" mean?

A: Don't disturb the status quo. Don't create a disturbance.

Example:

• Keep it to yourself. You know the boss won't go for that idea. Don't make waves.

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "I'm at the end of my rope" mean?

A: It means the person is out of options and doesn't know what to do.

Example:

• I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know what to do. The bills are coming due, and I don't know how I'm going to pay them.

 

[RonBee]

Q: What does "I'm at the end of my rope" mean?

A: It means the person is out of options and doesn't know what to do.

Example:

• I'm at the end of my rope. I don't know what to do. The bills are coming due, and I don't know how I'm going to pay them.

 

[blacknomi]

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?


How do you like my example?

• Speaker A: Who's the next?
  Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

 

[Francois]

I like it

FRC

 

[RonBee]

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?


How do you like my example?

• Speaker A: Who's the next?
  Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun.

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

 

[Francois]

I would understand that it's just another guy/girl -- you don't even bother to name him/her.

FRC

 

[blacknomi]

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?


How do you like my example?

• Speaker A: Who's the next?
  Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun.

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

Laughing academy?

 

[RonBee]

Could you please give some more examples of Jane Doe/John Doe?


How do you like my example?

• Speaker A: Who's the next?
  Speaker B: It's another Jane Doe.

Um, that would be Who's next? You don't use the in front of next when it is used as a noun.

A Jane Doe is somebody who can't identify herself or has no identification on her. Where might you be if somebody is being referred to as a Jane Doe?

Laughing academy?

More likely, a morgue.

 

[blacknomi]

Ron got married last year, but he's seeing Cas now, and he had a candlelit dinner with Susan. Today he is with me. 8)

Is there a proverb to describe this triangle?

How about "You can't dance at two weddings" "to keep a foot in both camps " "to have it both ways" :wink:

 

[Francois]

To play the field?

FRC