Anna Grodecka    619903 Wed, 24 Nov 04 08:45 PM Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana. Anna Grodecka Idioms, Online

	Bill Bonde ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway''    619931 Thu, 25 Nov 04 05:52 AM "Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any." Don't drop the Coleman white gas lantern or you'll have to pick up the mantle pieces. Bill Bonde ``And... Idioms, Online, Colours

	Mark Barratt    619934 Thu, 25 Nov 04 09:57 AM "Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've ... but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana." "Yes, but none I'd use outside the Public Bar." Heh. I had the same thought. The only (other) thing that comes to mind is "mantelpiece clock" - the meaning of which should be fairly obvious - a clock which is suitable for standing on the mantlepiece. Mark Barratt Budapest www.geocities.com/nyelvmark Mark Barratt Idioms

	Ana    620010 Thu, 25 Nov 04 09:56 PM What does it mean? I'm from Poland and I can't understand it. If you want, send me it by email. ana. Uzytkownik "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' )" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci Ana

	Don Myers    620020 Fri, 26 Nov 04 12:15 AM "Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana." The definition of mantelpiece is a shelf above a fireplace. If you have never seen a fireplace, think of a shelf above a window. Decorative items are usually put on top of the mantelpiece where they can be easily seen from everywhere in the room. An idiom is a common meaning outside the definition. For example, "give way" means "retreat." With "mantel piece", maybe it could refer to a gun or rifle above the fireplace (piece as in gun). But I don't know if this would be considered an idiom since it's not commonly thought of this way. I'm wondering what mantelpiece means as an idiom inside a public bar..(Oh, I get the drift. I also spell pronunciation correctly, finally!) Don Myers Idioms, Pronunciation, Online, Speaking

	Django Cat    620023 Fri, 26 Nov 04 12:16 AM "Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've ... but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana." "The definition of mantelpiece is a shelf above a fireplace. If you have never seen a fireplace, think of a ... what mantelpiece means as an idiom inside a public bar..(Oh, I get the drift. I also spell pronunciation correctly, finally!)" To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks at the mantelpiece when they're stoking the fire", and its a BrE expression used by guys to mean "who cares if you girlfriend has big breasts, when you're having sex", often used by one guy to another who's started going out with a petite lady. Apologies to Ana, but that's the only idiom I know invovling a mantlepiece. Could this be a case of your teacher saying 'I know an idiom about mantelpieces, but I'm not going to tell you what it is'? DC, who's a New Man. Cough, cough. Big ones, small ones, love 'em all... Django Cat Idioms, Pronunciation, Relationships, Speaking, Girlfriends, Apologies

	Ana    620039 Fri, 26 Nov 04 12:25 AM Uzytkownik "Django Cat" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci "To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks at the mantelpiece when they're stoking the fire", and its ... of your teacher saying 'I know an idiom about mantelpieces, but I'm not going to tell you what it is'?" Yes, my teacher said, that he would tell me this idiom at the end of the term. I think that he thought exactly about this idiom. Thanks. :) ana Ana Idioms

	Django Cat    620050 Fri, 26 Nov 04 12:37 AM "To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks ... but I'm not going to tell you what it is'?" "Yes, my teacher said, that he would tell me this idiom at the end of the term. I think that he thought exactly about this idiom. Thanks. :) ana" Somehow I knew your teacher would be 'he'! Hope you surprise him by already knowing the idiom! Cheers ;) DC Django Cat Idioms