Learn English and meet people on the world’s largest EFL social network

New Idioms

General English Grammar & Vocabulary,... » General English Vocabulary & Idiom...

We have partnered with TradePub to bring you free industry magazines and resources - no coupons or credit cards required!

Visit: englishforums.tradepub.com


Share this topic:
This question is Not Answered
Latest post Wed, Aug 29 2007 12:22 PM by Anonymous. 5 replies.
Suggest an answer | | |
Anonymous  +  354698 Mon, 23 Apr 07 09:17 PM

Hello!

I'd like to ask for some advice. I have to write a work on English idioms at my university course and my task is to find out new idioms which are not fixed in dictionaries, it should be a certain field, I decided to pick up bussiness idioms as to my mind it's the most changing fild, may be it's not like that, though. But the problem is that I haven't found any new, to read the papers it's too long, I have tried but found none. Could you advice something?
Anonymous
,
CalifJim  +  355356 Wed, 25 Apr 07 07:42 AM
You might start by Googling "managerese".

CJ
CalifJim
Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004
California
Veteran Member 22,385
"There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche
Related discussions
NewPhilologist, 2 yr 211 days ago
Or "Birtspeak" Wink [;)]
Anonymous, 2 yr 211 days ago
Those aren't idioms, they're slang.   An idiom is a phrase that is used that doesn't hold the same meaning when literally translated. 

A common example would be "He's pulling your leg".   In spanish the idiom is close, but they would say "He's pulling your hair".  Neither would make sense if translated directly, however oftentimes idioms don't have close matches like this.

So back to the main questions, are you looking for idioms or slang?

(I'm a new member, I'm posting anonmously until my password comes via email...)
CalifJim  +  355888 Thu, 26 Apr 07 06:41 AM
Those aren't idioms
What is the referent of 'those'?
CJ
CalifJim
Anonymous, 2 yr 85 days ago
im looking an idioms and their meanings.. and use it on a dialogue using idioms.
Welcome to Englishforums.com, the world's largest EFL / TEFL social network.

Places to start

Browse Englishforums

© MediaCet Ltd. 2009, v5.0.3607.32596. All content posted by our users is a contribution to the public domain, this does not include imported usenet posts.*
For web related enquires please contact us on webmaster@mediacet.com, status updates are available at status.mediacet.com.
*Usenet post removal: Use 'X-No-Archive'. You may not have understood that your posts would end up in the public domain. Please send proof of the poster's email, we will remove immediately.