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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #762 : 31 мая 2020, 23:07:53 »
Land the Plane



Said when someone is rambling on about nonsense and is starting to get on your nerves.
Much better than saying "alright get to the point"

     A very good piece of advice for those who have to listen to many people and try to be polite not to hurt the great talkers' feelings.

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #761 : 21 мая 2020, 18:21:13 »
     Oh, yes! There isn't! And we are staying and staying and staying at home!

   Oh yes! Nowadays it's more like "There is no other place apart from home"

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #760 : 14 мая 2020, 23:50:56 »
there's no place like home
to have an affinity for one's home over every other place
to say that the home is the best place
The troops finally retreated and the men get to go home to their families now. There is no place like home.
After a tiring day at work it is a relief for me to go back to my wife and kids. There is just no other place like home.


     Oh, yes! There isn't! And we are staying and staying and staying at home!

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #759 : 27 апреля 2020, 22:57:45 »

     I wonder what high rollers are doing at the present moment.

They are having a hard time I guess..

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #758 : 21 апреля 2020, 22:55:39 »
High Roller

a wealthy person or company who spends their money in a risky way, often by making risky investments that can offer large rewards
often someone who gambles with large amounts of money
I would never invest money in their company. They are high rollers and I cannot afford that kind of risk.
If you are a high roller, casinos will often let you stay in their hotels for free in the hopes that you will lose big amounts of money.
If you go to Las Vegas the casinos offer massive luxuries and extras to the high rollers.


     I wonder what high rollers are doing at the present moment.

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #757 : 13 апреля 2020, 17:00:38 »
High Roller

a wealthy person or company who spends their money in a risky way, often by making risky investments that can offer large rewards
often someone who gambles with large amounts of money

I would never invest money in their company. They are high rollers and I cannot afford that kind of risk.

If you are a high roller, casinos will often let you stay in their hotels for free in the hopes that you will lose big amounts of money.
If you go to Las Vegas the casinos offer massive luxuries and extras to the high rollers.


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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #756 : 28 марта 2020, 14:13:38 »
Kangaroo court

It refers to a court that passes judgement but is not a valid court.
an unauthorized court


The Kangaroo court announced two years back that the family should be banished and the people in the village followed the judgement. To this day, nobody even talks to anyone in that family.

A lot of small villages in India still believe in Kangaroo courts rather than actual ones to get their legal issues resolved.


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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #755 : 18 марта 2020, 15:02:22 »
    But there is! For some people! The Americans tend to change places (and homes) by changing their jobs.

    I do agree. Apart from that, there are cosmopolitans who consider all human beings to be the members of a single community. According to their viewpoints, motherland is everywhere

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #754 : 16 марта 2020, 20:43:37 »
there's no place like home

to have an affinity for one's home over every other place
to say that the home is the best place
The troops finally retreated and the men get to go home to their families now. There is no place like home.
After a tiring day at work it is a relief for me to go back to my wife and kids. There is just no other place like home.

    But there is! For some people! The Americans tend to change places (and homes) by changing their jobs.

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #753 : 13 марта 2020, 00:18:54 »
there's no place like home

to have an affinity for one's home over every other place
to say that the home is the best place

The troops finally retreated and the men get to go home to their families now. There is no place like home.

After a tiring day at work it is a relief for me to go back to my wife and kids. There is just no other place like home.


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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #752 : 04 марта 2020, 17:52:07 »
     A very widely used epression! And it looks so common that I've never known it should be considered to be an idiom and could be enjoyed as it is recommended in the title of the branch.

     It actually is! But in my opinion, It's high time it was excluded from that category and stopped being treated as an idiom due to its common usage (or maybe not).

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #751 : 03 марта 2020, 20:41:53 »
High Time

to refer to something that is already overdue but must be started immediately
the appropriate or right time to do something
After months of being unemployed, it's high time Paul starts a business of his own rather than keep waiting for paid employment.
Don't you think it's high time you studied for your test?
I think it's high time I quit my job and go back to college to get a Masters degree in another discipline.


     A very widely used epression! And it looks so common that I've never known it should be considered to be an idiom and could be enjoyed as it is recommended in the title of the branch.

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #750 : 24 февраля 2020, 23:26:03 »
page-turner


a thrilling book
to have an interesting plot

The book is a page-turner and now I cannot take a break until I complete reading it.

She has written a book recently and it is a complete page-turner.


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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #749 : 24 февраля 2020, 23:17:15 »
                                                     Every cloud has a silver lining

     This saying is somewhere in the previous posts of yours, DAS. When I sometimes go through this branch to see what's what I come across it. And I always like it.

I came across this proverb in my childhood. And I haven't forgotten it ever since

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Re: Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!
« Ответ #748 : 23 февраля 2020, 00:46:15 »
                                                     Every cloud has a silver lining

     This saying is somewhere in the previous posts of yours, DAS. When I sometimes go through this branch to see what's what I come across it. And I always like it.

 
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