Sep 27 2007

sapere_aude

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All-nighter do something (for instance a study session) that lasts all night

We pulled an all-nighter to get ready for the exam.
The graduation party was an all-nighter.

All over something very fond of something

He's all over the latest fashions.
Peter's all over antique furniture.

All shook up extremely excited, worried, or disturbed about something

He's all shook up about his mother's illness.
Wow! I'm all shook up about Alice.

All the way (with go) do something completely

He's going all the way for the scholarship.
We went all the way to California on our vacation.

Dash it all! expression used when very upset

Dash it all! I didn't do very well.
Dash it all! She can't come this weekend.

For all I know based on what I know (usually expressing displeasure)

For all I know, he'll come and win the prize.
They've decided to hire Jack for all I know.

Free for all crazy, non-restricted activity (generally a fight)

It was a free for all! Everyone went crazy!
They stepped in to break up the free for all.

Have it all together be very poised, successful

He has it all together. The house, the wife, the kids, the great job - everything!
I was very impressed with the candidate. She seemed to have it all together.

Hold all the aces have all the advantages

Unfortunately, Tom holds all the aces right now. You'll have to do what he says.
I'm holding all the aces so I can do whatever I want.

Know all the angles be very clever about something

Jack knows all the angles. Be careful!
The salesman knew all the angles, and by the end of our talk I had bought a new computer!

Once and for all finally (usually putting an end to something)

I'm going to stop his behavior once and for all!
Let's get this over once and for all.

Pull out all the stops make every possible effort to do something

He pulled out all the stops on the exam.
We're going to pull out all the stops on our presentation.

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05:20 AM Oct 01 2007 \| Reply
Giji India	Can you help me in the idiom "black sheep" ex: who is that black sheep

05:20 AM Oct 01 2007 | Reply

Giji

India

Can you help me in the idiom "black sheep"

ex: who is that black sheep

06:03 AM Oct 01 2007 \| Reply
sapere_aude Turkey	of course, a person who is a disgrace or embarrassment to a family or group ./A member of a family or other group who is considered undesirable or disreputable. ex:No one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black sheep of the family no one ever mentions him because he is regarded as THE ONE WITH A BAD REPUTATION.

06:03 AM Oct 01 2007 | Reply

sapere_aude

Turkey

of course, a person who is a disgrace or embarrassment to a family or group
./A member of a family or other group who is considered undesirable or disreputable.

ex:No one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black sheep of the family

no one ever mentions him because he is regarded as THE ONE WITH A BAD REPUTATION.

01:49 PM Oct 22 2007 \| Reply
snoopghost_1985 Algeria	ok " black sheep " …someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of their family. My father was the black sheep – he ran away at 16 to become an actor and his parents never forgave him. We speak figuratively of the one black sheep that is the cause of sorrow in a family; but in its reality it is regarded by the Sussex shepherd as an omen of good luck to his flock’ (Folk-Lore Record 1 (1878), 8). A number of other nineteenth and twentieth century references, from Somerset, Kent, and Derbyshire, for example, agree with this assessment of the black sheep, but others say the opposite. ‘It was unlucky for the first lamb dropped in lambing season to be black—black twins were more unlucky’ (Wiltshire, 1975: 56) and Charles Igglesden (c.1932: 105) writes the same for Shropshire, adding that the only way to avoid the bad luck is to cut their throats before they can ‘baa’.

01:49 PM Oct 22 2007 | Reply

snoopghost_1985

Algeria

ok " black sheep " …someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of their family. My father was the black sheep – he ran away at 16 to become an actor and his parents never forgave him.

We speak figuratively of the one black sheep that is the cause of sorrow in a family; but in its reality it is regarded by the Sussex shepherd as an omen of good luck to his flock’ (Folk-Lore Record 1 (1878), 8). A number of other nineteenth and twentieth century references, from Somerset, Kent, and Derbyshire, for example, agree with this assessment of the black sheep, but others say the opposite. ‘It was unlucky for the first lamb dropped in lambing season to be black—black twins were more unlucky’ (Wiltshire, 1975: 56) and Charles Igglesden (c.1932: 105) writes the same for Shropshire, adding that the only way to avoid the bad luck is to cut their throats before they can ‘baa’.

01:52 PM Oct 22 2007 \| Reply
snoopghost_1985 Algeria	hello all if you really interseting in studing idiom, i advise you to get the book which titled " how to speak english like an american" and there you will find the most common idioms used in communication….i myself found it awesome….just do you and you won't regret … cheer up

01:52 PM Oct 22 2007 | Reply

snoopghost_1985

Algeria

hello all if you really interseting in studing idiom, i advise you to get the book which titled " how to speak english like an american" and there you will find the most common idioms used in communication….i myself found it awesome….just do you and you won't regret …

cheer up

08:58 AM Oct 24 2007 \| Reply
dameki Ghana	hi everyone,could someone please explain to me the idiom WHITE ELEPHANT?

08:58 AM Oct 24 2007 | Reply

dameki

Ghana

hi everyone,could someone please explain to me the idiom WHITE ELEPHANT?

11:11 AM Oct 24 2007 \| Reply
sapere_aude Turkey	something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose. The town's new leisure centre, recently completed at a cost of ten million pounds, seems likely to prove a white elephant. a white elephant:a useless possession example: The new stereo that he bought is a white elephant and he doesn’t need it at all.

11:11 AM Oct 24 2007 | Reply

sapere_aude

Turkey

something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose. The town's new leisure centre, recently completed at a cost of ten million pounds, seems likely to prove a white elephant. a white elephant:a useless possession example: The new stereo that he bought is a white elephant and he doesn’t need it at all.

03:07 AM Oct 25 2007 \| Reply
enock4education Ghana	no stone unturn

03:07 AM Oct 25 2007 | Reply

enock4education

Ghana

no stone unturn

01:58 PM Oct 25 2007 \| Reply
jerzysta Poland	leave no stone unturned -to do everything you can in order to find something or to solve a problem: Jarvis left no stone unturned in his search to find the ring.

01:58 PM Oct 25 2007 | Reply

jerzysta

Poland

leave no stone unturned -to do everything you can in order to find something or to solve a problem:
Jarvis left no stone unturned in his search to find the ring.

02:42 AM Oct 26 2007 \| Reply
stephenkrakue Ghana	Green snake in a green grass

02:42 AM Oct 26 2007 | Reply

stephenkrakue

Ghana

Green snake in a green grass

03:00 AM Oct 26 2007 \| Reply
stephenkrakue Ghana	*a green snake in a green grass* to tell a person something bad about to happen to him/her of which he knows nothing about.

03:00 AM Oct 26 2007 | Reply

stephenkrakue

Ghana

a green snake in a green grass to tell a person something bad about to happen to him/her of which he knows nothing about.

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