By Idioms, Regards

As to this point, the whole article is kinda a metaphor; they're comparing plant husbandry with child education. Thanks and Regards! Maple

Grammar Granny wrote:I was told by a professional editor that 'for free' was incorrect, no matter how much it is in common use.They must have a strange definition of "incorrect". In the first place it is redundant.Redundancy needs some better PR. These are all redundant:three different...

Well, maybe I'll say, where and with things I have difficulties.Firstly and it's the most important: tenses. In my mother tongue, we don't have so many freaking tenses Secondly, this problem is with every new language. The way you think and make sentence. Sometimes I translate from my language to...

Hey my englishforums friends, Please what does it mean if I say about someone that he is being paid under the table? It doesn't sound me like an idiom, but who knows..Maybe I'm blind, but I didn't find it at the freedictionary..:-(. But I'm sure that you native speakers know the...

" . . .kept me in the dark" is the exact phrasing of the idiom for withholding information. Although kidnappers could be considered an early cue, I for one respond to the idiom, and only after a split-second of reflection do I feel sure of the meaning. My reaction is, "I've got to suspend...

CalifJim wrote:another way to go = another choice = another path to follow = another way to explain it = another way to approach the problemCJ Thx CalifJim!! These sentences with hidden meaning are sometimes hard to understand. Now I can open another bottle of red vine..:-) Damn, I love the...

Hi guys, many thanks for your previous help! Please may I have another question? I just wanna know in what other situations it is possible to use idiom "to go". Because the only usage, which I know, are the situations, where I want to express how much time left before the start of something....

Clive, many thx for your correction. ------------------------ ....here for him ?? ....for him here. ....this consequences. ....these consequences ...Sure, I didn't notice of these typos. ------------------------------- because of what he was doing there .... Clive, I used the past...

Hi my englishforums friends, I hope you're enjoying the end of the year. In my country, we have holidays now!!..:-). Please I just have a question about the idiom "catch up with" . Please what does it mean if I say about someone: 1) His previous sins caught up with him here. Does it mean...

Because it's an idiom it disregards normal rules of English and articles?