By Colloquialisms

Yes - the passage is indeed saying that provided you get your label/marketing right, you will sell anything well, from the best luxury item to the most mundane daily one. The "nosh pot" is merely a colloquialism for a cooking dish.

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-------- frathead (frat-head) n. Member of a fraternity whose sole identity is through said fraternity. Often characterized by baseball hat and flipped collar. Collegiate...

Thanks, Lil. I am wondering, however, if it is not a colloquialism, because all my grammar books say that Present Perfect doesn't go with "last" .Cheers,Magda

Over the left shoulder, or Over the left, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left. http://dict.die.net/over%20the%20left%20shoulder/

It is possible the the colloquialism "anyways" came from the English phrase "anywise/any wise" which means "in any manner/way." However, anyways is not acceptable in print, but is becoming more and more prevalent in spoken English. It has also been accepted as a colloquialism since the 19th century.

A phrasal verb is just a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb. Phrasal verb’s origin is probably as far back as the language is concerned. Any verb would require either an adverb or a preposition to modify its meaning. For example, when you...

When I was a child, I used to hear the term "thanks a whole bunch" with some frequency, and this would seem to be a variation. I believe it is a colloquialism from the southern US. Never heard the term "some grandpa." Your interpretation makes sense. Third year students are "juniors," and the...

Thank you so mush. I've found such synonyms for "daydreaming" as "to be lost in reveries" and "to have one's mind wandering". Generally I use Google to make sure if a certain expression exists in English, for the word-for-word translation of Russian idioms, colloquialisms and metaphors of my own...

Anonymous wrote:Hello,I'm Andrea...I'm from Peru and I need some help to present a Research Project about slang...You're a native english speaker,aren't you?...If you are,tell me : do you think that a person who is learning english as a foreign language should learn how to use slang also? I...