By Translation, Idioms

Hello everyone! Please help me with translation of this idiom, I heard repeatedly the phrase "kick it up a notch" in Futurama cartoon. For instance: Also I heard once "knocked it up a notch". How to translate this ? Thanks!

BBC English says if you should… / if you happen to… Note that we use should in the if-clause in the first conditional if we want to suggest that something is very unlikely. We can use happen to in a similar way or even combine them: If you should / happen to change your mind about coming to...

If you should be interested in my proposal, please contact me. JT: I discussed this with a Japanese colleague, Paco, and the impression I'm left with is, translation is a bad way to learn a language. Is this not more of an idiom than a literal, one in 10,000 meaning? This is a social but...

Hi there! I'm a Spanish telecommuter working for a US company and hence with an American boss, so I think I'll often use this awesome forum to clear up idioms and pronunciation doubts... Yesterday as I was having problems with my vpn software to connect to the corporate network, he recognised it...

This is a matter of poetic license. It may also be translation problems. These have the flavor of Japanese poetry. The second example is perfectly correct grammatically, however. "You be the judge" is an idiomatic expression for "Be the judge" (a simple imperative) or, more simply, "Judge",...

Sang-Su and Mister Micawber, I am going to take a slightly different approach in my answer. What do you have done? "Have done" is an idiom for finished or completed. According to GuruNet.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have done Stop or cease, as in Have done—enough of this nonsense. This idiom is also...

I am not quite sure as to your exact question, but 'have' and 'have got' used for possession, as in: 'I have a headache/new car/great idea.' 'I have got a headache/new car/great idea.' are identical in meaning, with 'have got' only slightly less formal than 'have'. However, 'Have got' is used...