In Idioms^x, Football^x

What's the meaning of the idiom "click one's heels". I can't seem to find it anywhere.Here's some context: Chloe: Clark Kent is a football player and Lana Lang is a waitress. Pete: What's the matter with that? Chloe: Nothing. I just wanna click my heels and...

Re: the hindsight idioms---I'm fond of the expression "Monday morning quarterback," which of course refers to the obnoxious person who knows just how each play should have been called after the (played during the weekend) football game is over. (I love the image of guys at the workplace on Monday...

Are you saying that the structure in the football example is not "used to", but is "used" (or used not)?I'm saying that the structure is the whole thing, not just a word or two. I | used / decided / promised | . It 'sounds wrong' because 'used' and 'to' have fused into the...

Yes it also has those meaning as well Marius, but we're not talking what it could mean... We're talking what it does mean in this context... i.e. football/soccer. Look at the poster's question: "I'd like to know what "get off the mark" means in this context; Gerrard scored 23 times last...

“The Tobacco Company talks well. Representatives of the industry itself came forward to us and asked if we would go to the table...” –PBS article on the Tobacco industry. “'Tis but a peevish boy, yet he talks well…”-Shakespeare. “On good days, he does everything well: reads well, talks well,...

Grammar Geek wrote: Helloa Alanou - I'm not surprised you're having difficulty. This is written in the same style that I like to write it, but it's "breezy" and full of idiom. "The question is, which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is the subject of the discussion, as you've probably...

Helloa Alanou - I'm not surprised you're having difficulty. This is written in the same style that I like to write it, but it's "breezy" and full of idiom. "The question is, which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is the subject of the discussion, as you've probably figured out. Dim-witted...

Rotter wrote:The little boy has been sat at the table by his father and is not permitted to leave it until his plate is clean as a whistle.1] Is it correct to say 'has been sat at the table' in any context?Yes, it is correct. It is a (present perfect) passive construct. The boy didn't want to...

Hello Taka The 'in my mind' idioms relate to 'what I was thinking of'; whereas the 'on my mind' idioms relate to 'what I was worrying about', or 'what I was preoccupied by'. Perhaps we often have to explain 'what we had in mind', or 'what was in my mind', because those can relate (for instance)...