i've got to do something or i've got a sore throat... these are examples of bad grammar slipping into american slang. Sorry, Anon, but the expression "have got to do something" (meaning "must do something") is quite

Ooh, what's wrong, right clothes for inhibitions? / You couldn't afford the price of admission. Now the girl in this scene is wearing black body-fitting clothes. So is the guy telling her the clothes are not just for looking and she

The last part seems to be a reference to the expression " When the cat's away, the mice will play ". Very helpful.

This is what I hear: I can see you believe in working hard. Oh, it's perfectly all right with me. Just carry on. (???), sir. When the cat's away, you know... The last part seems to be a reference to the expression " When the

Hi dear sir/madam I am an Iranian. I work as a translator and at the moment I am working on children story book. There are some idioms in the book which are really difficult to translate because I dont have any reference to find them.

Hi, I haven't heard this expression, but it appears to mean 'leave'. I assume the reference is to the arches of your feet, ie use your feet (to leave). Clive

Hi, 'Live easy' is not an expression I remember hearing or reading. The closest I can come with the word 'easy' is the idiom 'He is (living) on Easy Street' . eg He's on Easy Street, because he won $10

The first thing that occurred to me was the old Sherlock Holmes movie staring Basil Rathbone (I don't remember which one) where, near the end, Holmes tells Watson to "get the needle." It's never made clear exactly what Holmes

Hi, all Yeah, I heard both versions too (late for work/class and late to work/class), but I haven't been able to completely wrap my head around the difference. I once asked the same question and here is an explanation I got from a

You could make a reference to 'sounding like a pig'.