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Made his year...

Madhulk — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:15:01 GMT

Lana kisses Ryan and Clark says 'I think you made his year.'

Does he joke with the 'make one's day' idiom meaning he'll remember the

kiss till the end of the year?

Re: for a stiff like that

Clive — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:54 GMT

Hi,
I can't believe Trina left you for a stiff like that. The only punch that guy ever threw was in a glass.

Does "stiff" in the above refer to a "bum" or a 'drunkard?" 'Stiff' is one of many very general and derogatory ways of referring to a person. Other words, for example, are 'jerk', 'bozo'. In this case, perhaps the speaker does indeed refer to drinking, because of the reference to alcohol in the next sentence.

Besides, what does the bolded line mean?

'Punch' can mean 'a hit with a fist' or a certain kind of mixed drink, which is often alcoholic.
'To throw a punch' is a common idiom meaning 'to try to hit someone with your fist'. Or it could mean throwing the contents of your glass of punch at someone. In other words, the speaker is making a little joke by referring to both meanings. The suggestion is that the person being spoken of is a drinker of alcohol.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: jokes containing idioms

anamaria — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:36:34 GMT

welll.. I have to look for some jokes which contain idioms... and then, I have to translate them into my native language. so, I need some jokes in which idioms appear. I hope I've been clear enough now...

Re: jokes containing idioms

CalifJim — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:19:10 GMT

We're all trying to guess what those idioms are, but no one has guessed yet, it seems.

Perhaps you'd like to give us a clue and tell us which idioms you want to know the meaning of.

Better yet, tell us the jokes.

jokes containing idioms

anamaria — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:04:26 GMT

Hello! I have to look for some jokes containing idioms and I just didn't manage to find some. Can anyone help me?

Re: 3 idioms, and my sentences with them, could you take a look?

RayH — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:16:20 GMT

anglista2008
c) She's stolen the show (doubt: I can't come up with a situation in which we would use this idiom in the present perfect)

This one doesn't seem quite right but I can't put my finger on exactly why.

anglista2008
a) Oh come off it! Stop pulling my leg and tell me the truth!
b) She has pulled my leg again!
c) Hey guys, listen, why don't we pull Jim's leg (and play a joke on him) ? It's gonna be fun!

The first one is fine. The second two, not so much. I don't think I've ever heard this idiom used in this way. You might, however, hear someone say something like "She wasn't serious, she was just pulling my leg." I don't think you will ever hear it as used in c).

anglista2008
a) He has been foaming at the mouth all ~~for the whole~~ evening (doubt: I'm not sure if the use of the present perfect cont. is appropriate here)
b) He foamed at the mouth when his wife told him that she had been cheating on him. (VS He was foaming at the mouth, or VS has foamed at the mouth)
c) What did your dad say to this? He was foaming at the mouth when I told him (VS He foamed at the mouth)

The second two seem "off" somehow. I know that's not much help.
How about these modifications:
b) He started foaming at the mouth when his wife...
c) He started foaming at the mouth when I told him.

The correction in a) isn't because you are wrong. It just seems to sound better as modified.

anglista2008
a) Jack Nicholson stole the show in Batman. (question: is it possible to use this idiom as far as idioms are concerned?

I'm not clear what you are asking here.

As for your grammar questions, as always, I leave them to the grammar experts.

Re: 3 idioms, and my sentences with them, could you take a look?

Vorpar — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:38:30 GMT

1. to steal the show

a) Jack Nicholson stole the show in Batman. (question: is it possible to use this idiom as far as idioms are concerned? question2: would it be better to use here the pres. perfect?)

I think this is fine, though when talking about movies (especially describing action), we usually use the present tense.
b) Slash is the one who always steals the show at Guns & Roses gigs (question: is "at" ok here?)

"at" is fine.
c) She's stolen the show (doubt: I can't come up with a situation in which we would use this idiom in the present perfect)
It could be used during the show, just after a breakthrough scene.

2. to pull sb's leg

a) Oh come off it! Stop pulling my leg and tell me the truth!

This looks fine.
b) She has pulled my leg again!
c) Hey guys, listen, why don't we pull Jim's leg (and play a joke on him) ? It's gonna be fun!

I don't think this idiom is commonly used without the gerund (in a).

3. to foam at the mouth

a) He has been foaming at the mouth for the whole evening (doubt: I'm not sure if the use of the present perfect cont. is appropriate here)
b) He foamed at the mouth when his wife told him that she had been cheating on him. (VS He was foaming at the mouth, or VS has foamed at the mouth)
c) What did your dad say to this? He was foaming at the mouth when I told him (VS He foamed at the mouth)

All of these look fine.

MAIN QUESTION: Are the above-written sentences perfectly OK, and how often do you use the above-mentioned idioms?

Stolen the show is commonly used, but I don't hear the others much at all.

3 idioms, and my sentences with them, could you take a look?

anglista2008 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:58:24 GMT

Hey there! Thanks for looking at my post.

I've been learning some new idioms recently, and here are my questions concerning them, and some sentences with them. Could you correct me, and answer my questions?

1. to steal the show

a) Jack Nicholson stole the show in Batman. (question: is it possible to use this idiom as far as idioms are concerned? question2: would it be better to use here the pres. perfect?)
b) Slash is the one who always steals the show at Guns & Roses gigs (question: is "at" ok here?)
c) She's stolen the show (doubt: I can't come up with a situation in which we would use this idiom in the present perfect)

2. to pull sb's leg

a) Oh come off it! Stop pulling my leg and tell me the truth!
b) She has pulled my leg again!
c) Hey guys, listen, why don't we pull Jim's leg (and play a joke on him) ? It's gonna be fun!

3. to foam at the mouth

a) He has been foaming at the mouth for the whole evening (doubt: I'm not sure if the use of the present perfect cont. is appropriate here)
b) He foamed at the mouth when his wife told him that she had been cheating on him. (VS He was foaming at the mouth, or VS has foamed at the mouth)
c) What did your dad say to this? He was foaming at the mouth when I told him (VS He foamed at the mouth)

MAIN QUESTION: Are the above-written sentences perfectly OK, and how often do you use the above-mentioned idioms?

thanks in advance,

best wishes,

Re: Road signs

Avangi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:23:54 GMT

I'd call it a warning sign. I don't know of anything more specific. That's the thing about signs: they speak for themselves. One sign is worth a thousand words. (Just kidding.)

We call it a "highway." If there are two ways to get there, and one is on higher ground, we'd say, as in the song, Oh you take the high road, and I'll take the low road / And I'll be in Scotland afore ye.

The sign would say, "ROAD CLOSED AHEAD - DETOUR," in which case you could call it a "detour sign," which is a very well-known term and the subject of songs, jokes, and wise sayings.

Detours notoriously turn out to be bad roads, and we used to say the road was named after a Frenchman, DeTour. Apologies to all Frenchmen. I'm sure your roads are better than the ones we currently have in California.

Detour signs usually give you only one choice, not two as you suggested. That may spoil your joke. (Of course two choices is/are possible, but you'd have to specify.) At a "T" type intersection it's not uncommon to find arrows pointing both ways, with an optional "END" sign, but I don't think there's a name for that. We just call them "arrows." (I understand you're speaking of a "four corners," which is a fixed idiom.)

Re: the joke's on you

Yankee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:34:16 GMT

Hi NL888

"The joke's on you" is an expression that normally means "You (rather than somebody else) are the victim of a joke." or "You are the one we are laughing at".

"Busted tees" is not an idiom, but it is a play on words here.
A "tee" is a T-shirt. It might also be a golf tee. There is also the expression "fit to a T".
The plural ("tees") also sounds like the word "tease".
"Busted" can mean broken. However, the word "bust" can also refer to a woman's bosom. If you say that a woman is "large busted", that means she has a large bosom.

Going back to the expression "the joke's on you", if you found this in the same advertisement, then that was also a play on words because it could be interpreted to mean "You are wearing a T-shirt with a joke on it".