IdIoMs - join us (Feb/28/2008 )

hi guys,


my native language is not English, and some idioms seem difficult to me, but i like to understand them and know more and more idioms..so i started to search google and read about them..it would be great if u guys can share what u know here so everybody can learn better


i like this one:
cry wolf : fake crying

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You mean phrases?

Many dictionaries help, for the non-English speakers, here two links:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/phrases/ (french, spain, german, italian phrases)
http://www.vokaboly.de/phrases/browse.php (only german <> english)

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PS:

I like 'humbug' = nonsense. Interestingly in German humbug has the same meaning.

And another link I forgot: http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html (but not for free)

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Sour Grapes

Schadenfreude

rhyming slang:
steak and kidney
dead horse
bag of fruit
dog and bone
Fred Astair
titfer
spetic tank

V

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more rhyming slang:
frog and toad (road)
trouble and strife (wife)
tin lids (kids)
Captain Cook (look; as in "have a Captain Cook at that!")
china plate (sometimes abbreviated to "china"; a 'mate', a friend [not to be mistaken with your mate], as in "How are you, my old china?")
rubadub (or just "rubba"; the pub)

And for Vetticus' slang

Sydney
sauce
suit
phone
chair
hat (titfer tat)
American ("Yank")

Two more that I just remembered. Very good for a Friday:
Friday is sometimes known as POETS DAY: Push Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday.
And when it's time to leave, the time is officially "beer o'clock".

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you know, it's the first time i see these phrases!!
thanx for sharing sites

i don't know really hobglobin if they're called so



another one: rolling out a red carpet

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can u find the answer for this one:


If u go................, u 're wild with excitment,anxiety, or worry.
-banana
-apple
-Orange

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i go for apple.

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I would use 'casandra'

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