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Share some modern english idioms

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billy5000
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States865 Posts
December 07 2013 10:59 GMT
#1
I was tuning in to some tournament, and one of the casters said, "That's all she wrote," which I thought was a pretty cool idiom. And I'm pretty sure there are more out there, so I'm asking you guys if you had some to share..possibly a website that has a good practical list of them.

I ask because I'm not a native speaker, and I tend to sound a bit dry because most of the things I say can come off too literal sometimes.

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. Vonnegut
Eriksen
Profile Joined December 2012
Micronesia720 Posts
December 07 2013 11:10 GMT
#2
"..and that's the icing on the cake."
"..putting the cherry on top of it."
"..and he beautifully wrap it all up..."

Well, I'm not a native speaker, too. I want to learn more
Whether it has ended with a happy ending or sad, I never was an important thing to you.
Ovid
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United Kingdom948 Posts
December 07 2013 11:10 GMT
#3
Google would take less time than writing the blog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_idioms
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Shottaz
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom414 Posts
December 07 2013 14:28 GMT
#4
Pushing the boat out to describe generosity, if you Google it i'm sure it will tel you the origin. It's to do with helping people push boats out to see once complete.
Praise the sun! \o/
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9179 Posts
December 07 2013 18:43 GMT
#5
Keep in mind that overusing idioms can leave you sounding like a broken record.
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pebble444
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Italy2503 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-07 19:22:17
December 07 2013 19:19 GMT
#6
i had to follow that link to understand what exactly idioms mean...

is fuck that shit an idiom?

Edit: it is actually, as in not doing domething or leaving something alone, but then again if you where a girl or boy and wanted to fuck a shitty person then you could say that, refering the person as an object... i think
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
December 07 2013 19:55 GMT
#7
Someone suggested that "for the time being" might be the strangest idiom in English.
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WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
December 07 2013 20:13 GMT
#8
Relevant Dilbert:

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2012-09-21/
Average means I'm better than half of you.
frogrubdown
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1266 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-07 20:34:42
December 07 2013 20:27 GMT
#9
On December 08 2013 04:19 pebble444 wrote:
i had to follow that link to understand what exactly idioms mean...

is fuck that shit an idiom?

Edit: it is actually, as in not doing domething or leaving something alone, but then again if you where a girl or boy and wanted to fuck a shitty person then you could say that, refering the person as an object... i think


'Fuck that shit' isn't an idiom because its meaning is compositional.

'Fuck' means 'forget about' or, simply 'Boo!' in many linguistic contexts: 'Fuck George Bush', 'Fuck Airplanes', 'Fuck him'. 'That' is being used in its regular role as a demonstrative. 'Shit' is being used, as it often is, to mean 'stuff'.
Nemesis
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2568 Posts
December 07 2013 21:12 GMT
#10
"nail in the coffin" is an overused one
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N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
December 07 2013 21:22 GMT
#11
"huge storm" "great fungals" "nice micro"

never did figure out what people meant half the time when they say that.
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3point14
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany890 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-07 21:33:23
December 07 2013 21:28 GMT
#12
listen to bloodhoundgang
they dont beat around the bush


lol: A Toss-Up:
A result that is still unclear and can go either way.
im a roc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States745 Posts
December 08 2013 01:29 GMT
#13
I always thought "Blood runs thicker" is a fascinating one, did some reading on it recently. It's REALLY old.
Beware The Proxy Pool Rush
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
December 08 2013 05:08 GMT
#14
Missused idioms can be quite funny. Like Khaldor saying that Jaedong was going down on Innovation's third.
"Sending people in rockets to other planets is a waste of money better spent on sending rockets into people on this planet."
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