http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/2/wvpbp/Post.htm#692939Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:12:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692939RayH0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/2/wvpbp/Post.htm#692939http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692939.xmlChloe: I'll save you the heel blisters . So does she mean she'll save him the trouble of finding out the hard way? This strikes me as a reasonable understanding. Don't forget that the writers of Smallville love to play with the language and use oddball phrasing and unusual formulations. This looks like a perfect example.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/2/wvpbp/Post.htm#692938Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:07:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692938RayH1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/2/wvpbp/Post.htm#692938http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692938.xmlThis is kind of a stretch, but could she be referring to the famous "click your heels together three times" in the Wizard of Oz? Given the context Madhulk quoted I very much doubt that this is a reference to The Wizard of Oz .http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692889Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:53:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692889Madhulk2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692889http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692889.xmlOh, so that kind of heel blisters. Thanks, D!http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692881Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:34:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692881Delmobile3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692881http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692881.xmlThere are several parallels to the Wizard of Oz story here. At the end of that book/ movie, the "wizard" has granted a wish to each of Dorothy's traveling companions, but he is unable to grant her wish - to go back home to Kansas. Then Glinda, the Good Witch, appears and tells Dorothy that she's always had the power to go back home, but that she had to "learn it for herself." All she has to do now is click the heels of the magic red slippers together three times and repeat "There's no place like home." In addition to the wishes-granted parallel, there's the idea of learning to be content with your lot in life, and the idea of seeking something that you already have. But, as I said,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692875Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:03:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692875Madhulk4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692875http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692875.xmlMaybe I didn't explain it right. Zatanna is a hex (a witch if you prefer). And she granted everyone's wish except for Oliver's because he didn't have any wishes. Chloe's wish was to understand how her cousin Lois is so good at reporting so Zatanna turned her into her cousin Lois for a day. Another victim of Zatanna was Clark Kent who wanted to find out what could have been if he was just a plain reporter living a normal life. Oliver: Ready? Chloe: Ready as you are. Oliver: Chloe. This will mean leaving your old life as a reporter behind. You sure you want to say goodbye to that forever? Chloe: You know, yesterday I wouldn't have been able to answer that question. But after...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692773Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:57:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692773Deflected by the sun5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692773http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692773.xmlWhere was the lamp while this converation was going on?! Another thought: maybe Cole was reffering to the thinking process. Thinking hard to get the answer you need is like walking for miles and miles towards some goal. Crazy mehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692761Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:56:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692761MrPernickety6http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692761http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692761.xmlHi, Could you tell me if this phrase about the heel blisters fits this context: You can run twenty miles to the store to buy some alcoholic beverages to throw a party but I can save you the heel blisters and let you borrow mine from my cellar. Thanks !http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692703Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:56:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692703Delmobile7http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692703http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692703.xmlThis is kind of a stretch, but could she be referring to the famous "click your heels together three times" in the Wizard of Oz?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692219Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:50:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692219Madhulk8http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692219http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692219.xmlThere was no walk. Just a hex that granted everyone a wish. And Oliver was the one who didn't make a wish. So isn't Chloe saying this figuratively as in I'll save you the trouble?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692203Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:26:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692203Grammar Geek9http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htm#692203http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692203.xmlWas it a long walk? You get a blister on your heel when you walk a long way in shoes that don't fit property.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htmSun, 29 Mar 2009 12:26:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692187Madhulk10http://www.englishforums.com/English/SaveYouTheHeelBlisters/wvpbp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-692187.xmlOliver: The hex made all of you realize what you really want. Makes me wish I had my turn at the magic lamp too. Chloe: I'll save you the heel blisters . She'll save him the rubbing of the lamp? You already know what you really want.