[Idiom] idiom

[gehad adel]

like gang busters.
means to do some thing very quickly .
till the cows come home .
means for along time .

 

[emsr2d2]

Welcome to the forum.

Do you have a question for us?

 

[gehad adel]

thank you i want to know if they are wrong or right

 

[emsr2d2]

All of your posts are wrong so far because they contain no capitalisation or punctuation. Here are the most important rules of written English:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- Always capitalise the word "I".
- Capitalise all proper nouns.
- End every sentence with a single appropriate punctuation mark.

Now please write your first post again, following those rules.

 

[gehad adel]

Like gang-busters .
Does this sentence mean to do some thing very quickly ?
Till the cows come .
Does this sentence mean for along time ?

 

[5jj]

You are wrong about the first sentence.

The second sentence means 'for a very long time, possibly for ever' . 'A long time' - three words.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

What does the first sentence mean then?

Thanks. ;-)

 

[bhaisahab]

What does the first sentence mean then?

Thanks. ;-)

It's an imperative sentence ordering you to like (feel friendly/positive towards) "gang-busters" whatever they are.

 

[emsr2d2]

Where did you hear/read "Like gang busters" and why do you think it is an idiom?

 

[Barb_D]

Perhaps it's an American one. Yes, "like gangbusters" means fast, with excitement and energy."

like gangbusters - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

It's more metaphorical. They attacked that project like gangbusters.

 

[MikeNewYork]

"Gang Busters" was a US radio program. The noun is derived from that title.

Gang Busters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[emsr2d2]

So "came on like Gang Busters" was the show's catchphrase. Is it now used like an idiom in the States?

 

[MikeNewYork]

So "came on like Gang Busters" was the show's catchphrase. Is it now used like an idiom in the States?

Yes.

 

[gehad adel]

Me and my friends usually discuss idioms together and this idiom was one of them so that I wanted to make sure of it .

 

[emsr2d2]

[strike]Me and my friends[/strike] My friends and I usually discuss idioms together and this idiom was one of them so [strike]that[/strike] I wanted to make sure of it.

Please see my three corrections to your post. The most important one is the first. It is an error made by many people, including native speakers.

 

[gehad adel]

Thank you very much .

 

[emsr2d2]

Me and my friends usually discuss idioms together and that idiom was one of the idioms which one of my friends show .

Perhaps you would like to read post #15 again in which I told you clearly that "Me and my friends" is incorrect.

 

[gehad adel]

Sorry I have just read this post .

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you very much.

Sorry, I have just read this post.

Remember that we do not put a space before a full stop. With regard to your "Sorry, I have just read this post", it is important to read all the posts that have been made in a thread before writing a new response.

 

[JMurray]

not a teacher

"To go gangbusters" is fairly common in Australia as well. Particularly in relation to business matters.
real estate: Sydney's property auctions go gangbusters - Your Mortgage Australia
coal mining: Hunter Valley coal going gangbusters - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)