http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcwn/post.htm#536244Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:20:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536244Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcwn/post.htm#536244http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536244.xml.<br />I said that already.<br />.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghchz/post.htm#536219Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:34:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536219Abil1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghchz/post.htm#536219http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536219.xmlMr. MM you are right. It&#39;s not an idiom, but a metaphor and relates to Marthin Luther King&#39;s march that ended in Selma Bridge.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcvj/post.htm#536172Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:42:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536172Mister Micawber2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcvj/post.htm#536172http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536172.xml. <br />I don&#39;t know because I am not familiar with the context of your quote.&nbsp; Did you read the link I gave you?&nbsp; Then apply it to the situation.&nbsp; It is not an idiom-- though it may be a metaphor.<br />.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcdp/post.htm#536161Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:15:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536161Abil3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcdp/post.htm#536161http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536161.xmlThanks Mr Mister Micawber, but what does that supposed to mean?<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcdm/post.htm#536158Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:41:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536158Mister Micawber4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghcdm/post.htm#536158http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536158.xml.<br />It obviously refers to the Martin Luther King march which ended on a <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm" target="_blank" title="http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm">SELMA BRIDGE</a>.<br />.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghccl/post.htmThu, 03 Jul 2008 05:01:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536140Abil5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SelmaBridge/ghccl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536140.xmlBut even conservative commentators who defended him vociferously in the past have said that this might be a Selma bridge too far.<br /><br />What does Selma bridge mean here?<div style="clear:both;"></div>