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tourist,
Do you really think that you can find the full text of, for example, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by googling?
BTW, I don't use Google, but look for suitable idioms using GoldenDict with a database of more than 80 monolingual dictionaries. Can it be called cheating?
Do you really think that you can find the full text of, for example, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by googling?
BTW, I don't use Google, but look for suitable idioms using GoldenDict with a database of more than 80 monolingual dictionaries. Can it be called cheating?
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tourist,
I don't suppose people who participate in this thread actually google the sentences. For instance, if I don't know an idiom, I try to guess as many words as I can (from the number of the dots, the first letters and the context), and then I google what I've got so far to check whether there is some idiom like that, or I need to keep on thinking. Just googling the sentence provided would take all the pleasure out of it.
I don't suppose people who participate in this thread actually google the sentences. For instance, if I don't know an idiom, I try to guess as many words as I can (from the number of the dots, the first letters and the context), and then I google what I've got so far to check whether there is some idiom like that, or I need to keep on thinking. Just googling the sentence provided would take all the pleasure out of it.
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I may or may not...that's irrelevant.
What I'm trying to say is : for the game to make sense
we shouldn't be making it easy to google the idiom.
Juliemiracle,
I'm sure most people including you are honest,Just googling the sentence provided would take all the pleasure out of it.
but there are motivations other than just g...... a k... o.. o. guessing right. )
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Oh, oh, I know, I know (*bounces up & down).
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get a kick out of sth
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IDIOMS - American Heritage
get a kick out of
get a bang out of
Also get a charge or kick out of. Get a feeling of excitement from, get a thrill from. For example, I get a bang out of taking the kids to the amusement park, or I get a charge out of her imitations. The first two terms allude to the jolt of an electrical charge. The first dates from the 1920s; Damon Runyon had it in Guys and Dolls (1929): "He seems to be getting a great bang out of the doings." The second dates from the mid-1900s. The third probably alludes to the stimulating effect of a strong alcoholic drink. Kick was used in this sense from the 1840s on, but the precise wording dates from the early 1900s. Cole Porter used it for one of his most popular songs, "I Get A Kick Out of You" (1934).
get a kick out of
get a bang out of
Also get a charge or kick out of. Get a feeling of excitement from, get a thrill from. For example, I get a bang out of taking the kids to the amusement park, or I get a charge out of her imitations. The first two terms allude to the jolt of an electrical charge. The first dates from the 1920s; Damon Runyon had it in Guys and Dolls (1929): "He seems to be getting a great bang out of the doings." The second dates from the mid-1900s. The third probably alludes to the stimulating effect of a strong alcoholic drink. Kick was used in this sense from the 1840s on, but the precise wording dates from the early 1900s. Cole Porter used it for one of his most popular songs, "I Get A Kick Out of You" (1934).
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Avaddon,
great minds think alike... even the song matches :)
great minds think alike... even the song matches :)
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Personally, I like long examples, the longer the better.
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That doesn't mean I google the whole extract - for me, it just makes the phrase more memorable (hope so). And, sadly to say, at the moment these longer examples(=short extracts) are a kind of substitute for proper reading. Shame on me((
And, as you see - be they google proof or not - the answers arrive and the "response time" doesn't differ much, does it?
... it should stay the game, not a competition and, surely, not the place for blaming.
Would you agree?
Again, your and anyone else's positive contribution is welcome and appreciated.
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The bull-like man was the first to reach the grave, followed closely by the man with the white hair who had done all the talking, and the tall blond man.
Bod stayed where he was.
The man with the white hair said, “Ah. The elusive Dorian boy, I presume. Astonishing. There’s our Jack Frost hunting the whole world over, and here you are, just where he left you, thirteen years ago.”
Bod said, “That man killed my family.”
“Indeed he did.”
“Why?”
“Does it matter? You’re never going to tell anyone.”
“Then it’s n. s... o.. y... n... to tell me, is it?”
The white-haired man barked a laugh. “Hah! Funny boy. What I want to know is, how have you lived in a graveyard for thirteen years without anyone catching wise?”
“I’ll answer your question if you answer mine.”
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no skin off your nose
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... %2B%2Bnose
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... %2B%2Bnose
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Inna,
Sure!
Sure!
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
no skin off one’s nose
Not harmful or bothersome to one, as in I don’t care if you stay home—it’s no skin off my nose. This expression probably arose in boxing, but there is no evidence to prove it. [Early 1900s]
Longman Idioms Dictionary (En-En)
it's no skin off my/our nose
also it's no skin off my/our back (AmE)
SPOKEN used in order to say that you do not care about something that has happened, or do not care what someone thinks or does, because it does not affect you
● He can sell the car if he likes - it's no skin off my nose, I never use it.
● It's no skin off our back if they raise prices - we'll just raise ours.
no skin off one’s nose
Not harmful or bothersome to one, as in I don’t care if you stay home—it’s no skin off my nose. This expression probably arose in boxing, but there is no evidence to prove it. [Early 1900s]
Longman Idioms Dictionary (En-En)
it's no skin off my/our nose
also it's no skin off my/our back (AmE)
SPOKEN used in order to say that you do not care about something that has happened, or do not care what someone thinks or does, because it does not affect you
● He can sell the car if he likes - it's no skin off my nose, I never use it.
● It's no skin off our back if they raise prices - we'll just raise ours.
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Silas said, “We had known of them…of the Jacks…for a long, long time, but we knew of them only from the results of their activities. We suspected there was an organization behind it, but they hid too well. And then they came after you, and they killed your family. And, slowly, I was able to follow their trail.”
“Is we you and Miss Lupescu?” asked Bod.
“Us and others like us.”
“The Honour Guard,” said Bod.
“How did you hear about—?” said Silas. Then, “No matter. L..... p....... h... b.. e... , as they say. Yes. The Honour Guard.”
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Mary May,
You are absolutely right - as always
You are absolutely right - as always
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
little pitchers have big ears
Young children often overhear something they should not. For example, Don’t use any swear words around Brian—little pitchers have big ears. This metaphoric expression, which likens the curved handle of a pitcher to the human ear, was already in John Heywood’s proverb collection of 1546.
McGraw-Hill's American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (En-En)
Little pitchers have big ears.
Prov. Children like to listen to adult conversations and can understand a lot of what they hear. (Used to warn another adult not to talk about something because there is a child present.)
• I started to tell Mary about the date I had on Saturday, but she interrupted me, saying, “Little pitchers have big ears,” and looked pointedly at her six-year-old daughter, who was in the room with us.
little pitchers have big ears
Young children often overhear something they should not. For example, Don’t use any swear words around Brian—little pitchers have big ears. This metaphoric expression, which likens the curved handle of a pitcher to the human ear, was already in John Heywood’s proverb collection of 1546.
McGraw-Hill's American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (En-En)
Little pitchers have big ears.
Prov. Children like to listen to adult conversations and can understand a lot of what they hear. (Used to warn another adult not to talk about something because there is a child present.)
• I started to tell Mary about the date I had on Saturday, but she interrupted me, saying, “Little pitchers have big ears,” and looked pointedly at her six-year-old daughter, who was in the room with us.
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My turn:
When I took the coat off at work and realised I'd forgotten to put my skirt on, I just w..... t.. g..... t. o... u. a.. s...... me.
When I took the coat off at work and realised I'd forgotten to put my skirt on, I just w..... t.. g..... t. o... u. a.. s...... me.
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W. Somerset Maugham, An Official Position
His name was Louis Remire, and his number 68763. He was serving a twelve-year sentence at St. Laurent de Maroni, the great penal settlement of French Guiana, for killing his wife, but partly because he had served in the police force at Lyons, his native town, and partly on account of his good character, he had been given an official position. He had been chosen among nearly two hundred applicants to be the public executioner.
That was why he was allowed to sport the handsome moustache of which he took so much care.
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He had his own house. That was not only one of the perquisites of his office, but it was a necessity, since if he had lodged in the prison camp the convicts would have m... s.... w... o. him. One morning he would have been found with his belly ripped open
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Mary May,
Эта ветка висит здесь уже месяцами, если бы она была интересна данным форумчанам, они бы сюда давно зашли. У чайки навряд ли такое вызывает интерес , не думаю, что я бы на русском языке в чем-то подобном участвовал, например, Майк давно с форумом распрощался, и его оскорбленное эго, к сожалению, не позволит ему сюда вернуться, ну а Миланья.. не знаю, наверное, просто времени нет или неинтересно.
Эта ветка висит здесь уже месяцами, если бы она была интересна данным форумчанам, они бы сюда давно зашли. У чайки навряд ли такое вызывает интерес , не думаю, что я бы на русском языке в чем-то подобном участвовал, например, Майк давно с форумом распрощался, и его оскорбленное эго, к сожалению, не позволит ему сюда вернуться, ну а Миланья.. не знаю, наверное, просто времени нет или неинтересно.
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So, the puzzle turned out to be harder than I thought. So, here are the definition and more examples of the idiom - and our cherished W. Somerset Maugham had used it rather figuratively
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
Complete or consume quickly, as in The children m... s.... w... o. the ice cream, or They m... s.... w... o. cleaning up so they could get to the movies. This term, first recorded in 1577, in effect means “to turn something into a brief task.”
McGraw-Hill's American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (En-En)
to finish with someone or something quickly.
• I m... s... w... o. Tom so I could leave the office to play golf.
• Billy m... f... w... o. his dinner so he could go out and play.
Complete or consume quickly, as in The children m... s.... w... o. the ice cream, or They m... s.... w... o. cleaning up so they could get to the movies. This term, first recorded in 1577, in effect means “to turn something into a brief task.”
McGraw-Hill's American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (En-En)
to finish with someone or something quickly.
• I m... s... w... o. Tom so I could leave the office to play golf.
• Billy m... f... w... o. his dinner so he could go out and play.
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W. Somerset Maugham, An Official Position
Puzzle #2
Puzzle #2
His wife was an intolerable woman and he did not regret that he had killed her. He had never meant to marry her. She was a dressmaker, and he had taken a fancy to her because she was always neatly and smartly dressed. She seemed respectable and ladylike. He would not have been surprised if she had looked upon herself as . c.. a.... a policeman
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make s short work of
Juliemiracle пишет: ↑19 сен 2018, 23:47 When I took the coat off at work and realised I'd forgotten to put my skirt on, I just w..... t.. g..... t. o... u. a.. s...... me.
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I just wanted the ground to open and swallow me.
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