By Difference between, Idioms

Re: what is the difference between "send" and "send in"?

Good question, b-c, I think there's a sequence involved here. Everybody's been poised to go in, sort of like an invasion. The mission is on hold because of political considerations. "Send in" is sort of an idiom like "go in." Shall we send them in now, or shall we...

idiom: hold the fort

Hi my englishforums friends, I'm currently making a subtitles to my favourite movie in order to improve my englishand I came across there to very interresting idiom:"hold the fort". It means take someonesduty or responsibility in his absence... That particular person said Hold...

Re: can or could

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Re: business slang

Oh my goodness. I'm going to try to interject a few of Mr. M's at work and see what happens. It was like "MadLibs for business jargon" I think you may want to differentiate between absurd business jargon that makes us all roll our eyes (like "we're engaged in our...

Re: idiom VS proverbs

Hi, what is the difference between a saying and a proverb? In practice, there's often not much difference. My Oxford dictionary says this. proverb - a short pithy saying in general use, held to embody a general truth. You might like to note that we sometimes introduce a proverb by saying...

Re: idiom VS proverbs

Ok. My question is what is the difference between a saying and a proberb?

Re: out of reach of/for

New2grammar wrote: What's the difference between 'out of reach of' and 'out of reach for'? For example, Keep all sharp object out of reach of children. The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is out of reach for minimum wage earners. Thanks in advance! Hi N2g, (just gessing) The...

Re: asking for English idioms expressing this situation

Thanks for your reply. I do understand that there is a difference between cultures, but I am still hoping there are something we share in our lives.

Re: What is the difference between "Talk"(VERB) and "Speak"(VERB)

Hi, When I first learned English, hear and listen were clear to me. The later requires the attentiveness of a listener. However, talk and speak ran my teacher in circle. He took an English-Vietnamese dictionary and told us to stick with the translation and then he failed to reason why some...

Re: What is the difference between "Talk"(VERB) and "Speak"(VERB)

They talked for a while.(they were in conversation)They speaked for a while.(they made sound)He is talking about the issue.He is speaking of the issue.(both are the same but the prepositions are different)They talk business.(they discuss business)They speak business(wrong)Money talks.(idiom)Money...