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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. Washington Irving
Happy Birthday, BÉ BỰ! Celebrate! You deserve the best like yourself.
Monday, July 16, 2012
10 idioms
“I’m hungry as a horse.”
Meaning: “I’m very, very hungry.”
Each day. Though they ingest a relatively small amount of grass at a time, the continuous This odd saying probably originates from the huge amount of food that a horse needs eating makes them appear to be starving at all times!
Example: “I need to eat now, I’m very hungry. I’m hungry as a horse”
“I had eaten three bowls of chicken broth because I am so hungry. I’m hungry as a horse”
“I feel like a million bucks.”
Meaning: “I feel great!”
A million bucks refers to a million dollars. Obviously, if you had one million dollars, you would feel pretty good! This is especially true since this phrase originated in a time when a million dollars was worth even more than it is today.
Example:
“I have a lot of money, now I can do everything with this money. I feel like a million bucks”
"I made the winning goal in our hockey game. I feel like a million bucks!"
“He’s like clockwork.”
Meaning: “He is always punctual or on time.”
Clocks are the ultimate time keepers. The word clockwork refers to the gears that work inside the clock to keep it ticking and when you say someone is like those gears, you mean he or she is always on time, not early or late.
Example:
“Mandy always came to college in a timely manner, not late and not early. He’s like clockwork”
“He always sends the paper work on time every day. He’s like clockwork.”
“They were running like a bat out of hell.”
Meaning: “They were moving very quickly.
Hell is a very unpleasant place full of fire and demons, so you can imagine that a bat would be in a big hurry to get out of there! Thus, the expression means that the subject was going very fast.
Example:
“I went to the Sepang circuit to see the race car. The car is moving very fast, they were running like a bat out of hell.”
“When the police arrived at the Inanam to make checkup, a group of cigarette sellers
run very fast because afraid.
“I know them like the back of my hand.”
Meaning: “I know and understand them very well.”
Your hand is a part of your body and chances are, you’ve looked at it a few times in your life. You know exactly what the back of your hand looks like and so, when you use this expression to refer to how well you know someone, it means you are very close to them.
Example:
“I always knew what I should buy for my mother and my father, because I know them like the back of my hand.”
“When my siblings fight, I always know how to reconcile their. I know them like the back of my hand.”
“He sat there like a bump on a log.”
Meaning: “He didn’t move.”
Logs are inanimate. They don’t move. If there is a growth or a bump on a log, it doesn’t move either, at least, not on its own. So if someone or something is just sitting there, without making any motion, you can refer to them as a bump on a log. We usually use this one in a negative sense.
Example:
“three hours passed, but the man was still there without moving. He sat there like a bump on a log.”
“I do not know what was he thinking, he just sat there silent since the class began, and without moving for a while. He sat there like a bump on a log.”
“I feel like a fish out of water.”
Meaning: “I am uncomfortable or feel like I don’t belong.”
Fish live in water, they can breathe in it and they feel comfortable there. When taken out of their water, they are very uncomfortable and certainly don’t belong.
Example:
“I feel like a fish out of water, when the first time I go to clubbing with my friends”
“I would not group with them again in the next semester, because I feel like a fish out of water in their group.”
“I’m watching you like a hawk.”
Meaning: “I will be watching you very carefully.”
Hawks are well known for their amazing eyesight. When you tell someone you’ll watch them like a hawk, it means you won’t miss a thing they do.
Example:
“Felix I will be watching you very carefully, I don’t want miss a thing you do. I’m watching you like a hawk.”
“Don’t do some mistake, or you will be chagrined. I’m watching you like a hawk.”
“Put a sock in it.”
Meaning: “Be quiet.”
Putting a sock in someone’s mouth tends to stop them from talking, which is where this expression comes from.
Example:
“close your mouth! You are very noisy. Put a sock in it!”
“Put a sock in it! She is very noise, I can’t be patient anymore.”
“Happy as a clam.”
Meaning: “I’m very happy.”
We refer to clams as happy because they have the ideal life . . . living on the beach, no work to do. They simply open their shells to get food. So, being happy as a clam is to be really pleased with life.
Example:
“when Felix says he wants to be my boyfriend, I happy as a clam.”
“I happy as a clam, when my father says they will celebrate my birthday this month.”
Meaning: “I’m very, very hungry.”
Each day. Though they ingest a relatively small amount of grass at a time, the continuous This odd saying probably originates from the huge amount of food that a horse needs eating makes them appear to be starving at all times!
Example: “I need to eat now, I’m very hungry. I’m hungry as a horse”
“I had eaten three bowls of chicken broth because I am so hungry. I’m hungry as a horse”
“I feel like a million bucks.”
Meaning: “I feel great!”
A million bucks refers to a million dollars. Obviously, if you had one million dollars, you would feel pretty good! This is especially true since this phrase originated in a time when a million dollars was worth even more than it is today.
Example:
“I have a lot of money, now I can do everything with this money. I feel like a million bucks”
"I made the winning goal in our hockey game. I feel like a million bucks!"
“He’s like clockwork.”
Meaning: “He is always punctual or on time.”
Clocks are the ultimate time keepers. The word clockwork refers to the gears that work inside the clock to keep it ticking and when you say someone is like those gears, you mean he or she is always on time, not early or late.
Example:
“Mandy always came to college in a timely manner, not late and not early. He’s like clockwork”
“He always sends the paper work on time every day. He’s like clockwork.”
“They were running like a bat out of hell.”
Meaning: “They were moving very quickly.
Hell is a very unpleasant place full of fire and demons, so you can imagine that a bat would be in a big hurry to get out of there! Thus, the expression means that the subject was going very fast.
Example:
“I went to the Sepang circuit to see the race car. The car is moving very fast, they were running like a bat out of hell.”
“When the police arrived at the Inanam to make checkup, a group of cigarette sellers
run very fast because afraid.
“I know them like the back of my hand.”
Meaning: “I know and understand them very well.”
Your hand is a part of your body and chances are, you’ve looked at it a few times in your life. You know exactly what the back of your hand looks like and so, when you use this expression to refer to how well you know someone, it means you are very close to them.
Example:
“I always knew what I should buy for my mother and my father, because I know them like the back of my hand.”
“When my siblings fight, I always know how to reconcile their. I know them like the back of my hand.”
“He sat there like a bump on a log.”
Meaning: “He didn’t move.”
Logs are inanimate. They don’t move. If there is a growth or a bump on a log, it doesn’t move either, at least, not on its own. So if someone or something is just sitting there, without making any motion, you can refer to them as a bump on a log. We usually use this one in a negative sense.
Example:
“three hours passed, but the man was still there without moving. He sat there like a bump on a log.”
“I do not know what was he thinking, he just sat there silent since the class began, and without moving for a while. He sat there like a bump on a log.”
“I feel like a fish out of water.”
Meaning: “I am uncomfortable or feel like I don’t belong.”
Fish live in water, they can breathe in it and they feel comfortable there. When taken out of their water, they are very uncomfortable and certainly don’t belong.
Example:
“I feel like a fish out of water, when the first time I go to clubbing with my friends”
“I would not group with them again in the next semester, because I feel like a fish out of water in their group.”
“I’m watching you like a hawk.”
Meaning: “I will be watching you very carefully.”
Hawks are well known for their amazing eyesight. When you tell someone you’ll watch them like a hawk, it means you won’t miss a thing they do.
Example:
“Felix I will be watching you very carefully, I don’t want miss a thing you do. I’m watching you like a hawk.”
“Don’t do some mistake, or you will be chagrined. I’m watching you like a hawk.”
“Put a sock in it.”
Meaning: “Be quiet.”
Putting a sock in someone’s mouth tends to stop them from talking, which is where this expression comes from.
Example:
“close your mouth! You are very noisy. Put a sock in it!”
“Put a sock in it! She is very noise, I can’t be patient anymore.”
“Happy as a clam.”
Meaning: “I’m very happy.”
We refer to clams as happy because they have the ideal life . . . living on the beach, no work to do. They simply open their shells to get food. So, being happy as a clam is to be really pleased with life.
Example:
“when Felix says he wants to be my boyfriend, I happy as a clam.”
“I happy as a clam, when my father says they will celebrate my birthday this month.”
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