| My mother tongue has a handful of idioms related to trenches and trench warfare. Do the examples below work in English as well? 1. Can I say this after I've returned to work from my holiday? (I'm) back in the trenches. 2. When someone with no ... | |
| hello, I'm looking for an idiom that would mean to talk much and to say very little to talk about something for 15 minutes what can be said in 1 minute or for example, while at school , You haven't studied at all but you can talk for hours and ... | |
| A while ago I asked about the 'till the cows come home'. And it came clear that it isn't used in formal writing. Today, however, I came across with an idiom 'till/until kingdom come'. Could this, therefore, be used in a formal writing, in essays, ... | |
| Hi, everybody! i need a helping hand to figure out two idioms I read in an essay written by a native speaker. 1) step back in the ring 2) be beaten to the canvas Could you please explain what they mean and how to use them? Thanks for help! | |
| Hi guys I'm new in this site I'm learning English and I love it Now I have a question what mean this idiom? Take up time For example this sentence Writing an essay take up a lot of time | |
| Fixed expressions/phrases don't have to follow the normal standard way of grammar? So they are like idioms and idioms are like that too, right? Using them in essay writing would not be discouraged or marked down? I was told that in the following ... | |
| Hi, I had my final exam from the writing course as a home take-in, but the type of the essay sounded a little bit weird to me. Here is what my lecturer gave as information: Writing FINAL Write an evaluation essay on the following topic The Self-Evalua ... | |
| Hi dear~ This is my demic essay. I have to write as below 1. formal word 2. passive(do not use make, have, get, let...) 3. do not use I/YOU/WE 4. do not use idiom 5. check punctuation so, i wrote as above, but i cannot sure. could somebody check my essay ... | |
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