What do you mean by 'idiomatic'? Are you saying that "Wow! She's too beautiful!" means 'not really beautiful'? I know for a fact that too means also 'very' in a formal register, for example: "Thank you,

From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some

From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some

In the States, we come up with new lingos and idioms all the time, no? I don't know. I've never seen "no" used as a sentence tag that way, for example. I was told that "yes?" would sound like "mexican" or

i's and t's are not acronums.  They are the plural form of the letters i and t.  The reference about school children refers to writing in a hurry and forgetting to put a dot over the letter i and to remember to cross the t.  It admonishes

Idioms are phrases that have become embedded in a language over time, replacing what had been the standard way of saying something. They are accepted for formal use, and usually are chosen for use because they are the most efficient way to

I think we should keep the discussion in the context of "english as a second language". I think idioms can be very difficult for the individual whose native tongue is not English. It can be very difficult to teach the meaning of these

No sensible person ought to do without asking what is indispensable to learn. why do you not think that the sentence itself makes sense? Too many ambiguities. Too much guessing required to determine the meaning. Result: incoherence. 1. Confusion

Thanks a heap... I looked through the websites but still nothing.. nada ...on the history of "animal" related idioms or expressions in the English language...I need about a paragraph worth od stuff.. 100-150 maximum... the question that

Hi, I'm a student of English who needs your help with some idioms in order to analyse them for my graduation paper. The topic of my research is synonymy among idiomatic expressions. For the purpose of this research I have composed a