In Articles^x, Idioms^x

"A Bridge Too Far" is a film made in 1977 and seems to evolve into an idiom; I've read it in several contexts but am not certain of its meaning. For example, the following article http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040921-085104-7556r.htm mainly talks about the difference between...

Thanks for the props paco! I know the use of the articles is one of the most difficult aspect of learning English. That and the idioms. I know through personal experience since I am a Korean-American and I've been living in the U.S. since I was 13 years old. And let me just say that was a...

HelloMr M's reply is superb. I have sought the origin of the idiom, but the effort ended in vain. What I found is only a trivial article that says:Elephant in the roomThe elephant in the room (also elephant in the living room, elephant in the corner) is an English idiom to mean such a problem...

Greetings to all friends and teachers here: Yesterday i came across this idiom " deal breaker" when i was reading the VOA News article. I donot really understand the meaning of it, so i'd like to ask for help in what does it mean and how to use it correctly in my own writting and speach. Thanks...

Wielebny wrote:So could you please produce something Czech, which would fit into the thread? Okay, I suppose I should stop drifting off-topic and post some foreign idioms. Czech idioms can be hilarious when translated literally into English. I suppose all foreign idioms sound strange to...

Phrasal verbs drive me crazy. (Ah.... general English grammar, articles, idioms....they are all difficult!) I think idioms sometimes ignore general grammatical rules! Very confusing to me.

Dear friends, It’s me again. Sorry, I was away on business, but now I am back to discover some encouraging replies on my last post. Thank you. OK, let’s pick up our tutorial where we stopped. PARAGRAPHS … Sounds frightening… But we’ll make it if we follow simple rules. The first rule - KEEP...

Prevention is better than cure is an idiom (in BrEng anyway.) There is no article before cure as this would subtely change the meaning . It is best thought of as 'To prevent is better than to cure' but it is said as Prevention is better than cure. It means 'sort things out before they become a...

The trouble is that all the readers automatically think 'back to Nature', and are distracted from the flow of your poem by wondering about the odd formation which is so near to the expected. Beyond that, 'the nature' is not a natural collocation; it does not take an article unless we are...

One of the reasons that you have received a slow response, Fasi, is that you did not proofread before posting; there are many simple spelling mistakes. The following words and phrases need revision: .I (ALWAYS put two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence before you start the next...