What, might you ask, is an idiom? Well never fear, the online dictionary is here! "[An] expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up."
Samples:
"Going to town" -- acting with speed/gusto (wonder what history one could dig up on that phrase)
"Kick the bucket" -- to die (it sure upsets the apple cart of life)
"Upset the apple cart" -- disrupting, disturbing (free apples anyone?)
"Cat out of the bag" -- sharing a secret (ever try putting a cat in a bag?)
"Spill the beans" -- see "Cat out of the bag"
"Raining cats and dogs" -- stormy weather (I prefer the old fashioned phrase 'Raining pitchforks and hammer handles')
"Walking on thin ice" -- addressing a sensitive/sore topic (this could be life threatening)
"Frog in my throat" -- hoarseness (some people have singing fish in theirs)
"Haven't the foggiest" - I don't know (someone in the UK come up with this one?)
"Armed to the teeth" -- Well armed (someone ran into a neighbor's dog and coined a phrase...)
Well there ya have it.. hope it got a few laughs.
Rogue One: A Christmas Story
8 years ago
2 comments:
how did you know i had a fish in my throat? haha it's a beta named betty. betty this is katie, katie this is betty. be nice. :D
haha! :D i like it.. 'foggiest: i don't know' "did someone in the UK come up with this?" probably a Londoner created this.
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