please provide apporpriate usage and meaning with examples
many thanks
2007-12-09 03:57:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
it means everything is going wrong.
it could be money, you can not afford your debts so the sky is falling in
it is like you have no where to go or turn or hide
it could be your bloke just dumped you and you have no idea what to do with your life now
it basically means you feel like you have no where to go no where to hide and no where to get out of the problems you have
regards Emma
2007-12-09 04:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sky Is Falling Down
2016-11-16 06:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it came from the popular folk story "Chicken Little" in which an acorn (or similar) falls on the central character's head and he goes around telling everybody the "sky is falling in". He attracts a large band of concerned followers until they meet a wise predator (fox or similar) who eats them up. The moral being not to get caught up in hysterical panics. Therefore you say "It's not as though the sky is falling in" to someone who is overly concerned about something of no real importance
2007-12-09 04:17:42 · answer #3 · answered by Skiərkæ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stars are not literal fleshly stars that fall to earth. Revelation 12:3, 4, 9 show they are the stars or morning stars, 1/3 of the angels that followed Satan and became wicked. They are cast out of heaven and down to earth for a time before being abyssed for the 1000 years. IF literal stars, EVEN ONE, fell down and hit earth, all would be destroyed. You can see from the text that the event does not end life on earth, nor end the Christian preaching work, etc. Debbie
2016-03-18 01:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an example of an impossible statement - the sky cannot literally fall down. It is analogous of the worst situation possible - the end of the world, when really nothing is that bad.
2007-12-09 04:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by cobra 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be in the English language but I have never heard it before. As far as I am concerned it is not an English phrase.
2007-12-09 04:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by costa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ye urr in the middle o' "chicken licken's nightmare" !!!
2007-12-09 04:24:59 · answer #7 · answered by Angela M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would equate that saying with the following sayings:
Look before you leap
and
Think before answering
2007-12-09 05:11:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it fell on chickin' lickin' lol
sorry I couldn't resist it I have actually never heard it apart from the childrens book Chicken Licken
2007-12-09 04:06:26 · answer #9 · answered by ScorpioDog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "everything is going wrong, big style"
2007-12-09 04:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by Earwigo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋