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2006-07-17 23:27:54 · 4 answers · asked by kevin! 5 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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There’s a lot of idioms about houses.
1) Don’t put the cart in front of the horse
2) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
3) You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
There’s more. I don’t know, ask the internet, it knows all.
IN A PICKLE that's a crazy one.

2006-07-17 23:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by donald d 3 · 0 0

Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that are unusual either grammatically, as in "Long time, no see!" or there is a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements, as in "It's raining cats and dogs!" Every language has idioms, and they are challenging for foreign students to learn.

LITERAL MEANING:
Before the bartender made the drink, he broke the ice with a spoon and dropped in into the glass.

IDIOMATIC MEANING:
Before the conference began, the speaker broke the ice with a joke.

to break the ice =
1. to make a beginning
2. to get through the first difficulties in starting a conversation or discussion.

Examples:
IDIOM: Don't count your chickens until they hatch
MEANING: Don't assume that something will happen until it has happened
EXAMPLE: Nina: "I want to buy a new car and a house when I win the lotto next week."
Tess: "Don't count your chickens until they hatch!"
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IDIOM: race against time
MEANING: something must be finished by a deadline, due date, or certain time
EXAMPLE: We're in a race against time to finish the sales brochure before the big sale.


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IDIOM: It's raining cats and dogs.
MEANING: to rain very hard
EXAMPLE: It's raining cats and dogs outside! I've never seen it rain so hard!

2006-07-18 07:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by leathersammie 4 · 0 0

"Do what is best
For the most people
Over the longest period of time"

a DR. Green, PHD.

Does this really need an explanation?

2006-07-18 06:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by ed 7 · 0 0

crocodiles tears, means ur jst acting, ur a big **** trying to b look good to others, crying like a dove but a devil insyd

2006-07-18 06:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by Neveill Cathy Sander 1 · 0 0

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