By Idioms, American English

Hi OpenmindHave you ever considered changing your moniker to "DoubtingThomas"? (Just teasing you a little!)To put it in the simplest possible terms, using 'of' instead of 'to' when telling time is basically simply a matter of replacing the word 'to' with the...

Hi Jun-god,yes, "got" is sometimes equivalent to "have", not only in the idiom "have got to".I got to do it = I have to do it ---> But usually pronounced I gotta do it.It comes from I've got to do it, without 've. Read CalifJim's post, he explained...

Hi FandorinYou seem to be mixing things up.Angliholic's sentence is not an example of the idiomatic "to have got", which means basically the same thing as "to have" or "to possess".In that idiom, it is not possible to change the word 'got' to...

Yankee wrote:Just to add a little more confusion to this thread, I'd like to mention that I've also heard this idiom used with 'came' (i.e. in a sentence with the same format as a type 2 conditional). I've just never actually heard it used with the subjunctive 'come'. Just to clear things up. I...

Well, yes, the idiom, but "de pon me case" is not part of American English (not even Ebonics), as far as I know.

According to Everyday American English, sharp as a tack means completely healthy. According to Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms, it means very intelligent. He may be old in years, but he's still as sharp as a tack and knows what he's talking...

CalifJim wrote:It's not an idiom I've heard in American English."Going some" and "caning it" are two really common idioms in Britain that mean driving too fast.

No need to feel like the Lone Ranger. I didn't know it either. It's not an idiom I've heard in American English. I thought it was a misprint for going home. CJ