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Re: brilliantly simple

Clive — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:59:58 GMT

Hi,

'Brilliantly simple' sounds OK.

According to this site, Leonardo Da Vinci said 'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication'.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/simplicity_is_the_ultimate_sophistication/213576.html

( we have an idiom that ~~literary~~ literally goes . . . )

Best wishes, Clive

brilliantly simple

changeling — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:50:59 GMT

Hi everybody!

In Russia, we have an idiom that literary goes It is simple as the work of a genius. I'm sure it doesn't make sense in English. It implies that good ideas are simple and self-evident. I failed to find translation in dictionaries, but I believe "brilliantly simple" has a very close meaning.

Thanks in advance

Re: donated five hundred dollars without second thoughts.

Mister Micawber — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:11:49 GMT

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I think the idiom is 'a second thought', which means 'without consideration'. It does not mean 'immediately/right away'.
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on all counts

New2grammar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:10:34 GMT

I agree with him on all counts.

1. Is on all counts an idiom?
2. What's the meaning of the phrase? By any measure?
Thanks.

Re: stole my heart

New2grammar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:43:18 GMT

Thanks, MM, GG and Clive.

Clive, thanks for the saying. I've heard a similar version. Now I know the right idiom.

Re: only to find

New2grammar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:28:16 GMT

I have seen and heard this usage many times which is why I thought "only to find" was an idiom. But I still don't quite understand it. Maybe another expert could help me interpret the meaning better.

Re: only to find

New2grammar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:29:18 GMT

I thought the phrase was an idiom. I just looked it up in my dictionary and only has the same definition as yours.

With the final result; nevertheless: received a raise only to be laid off.

However, I'm not sure I know how to apply it, especially when my understanding of nevertheless is not very good.

Did I use it correctly in my original example?

Re: The lines you underline in a book you read ???

BÃ¶ÄÃ¼rtlen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:22:08 GMT

I don't like underline the books. They are really so precious for me and I don't want to make dirty them with any lines. I think it is like a disrespect to that book and its writer, of course this is just my idea! So when I read a nice idiom, sentence or a quotation, I write it to a notebook, then write the name of the book and the page number which I read that idiom/sentence/quotation. I write them when I finish reading. I think it is better than underline the book.

Idea behind ' burning the candle at both ends'

Peaceblinkfriend — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:10:01 GMT

burning the candle at both ends

What is the idea behind this idiom? I understand what it means but I am interested in the story behind it.

Thank you

PBF

Re: The lines you underline in a book you read ???

The utopia — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30:27 GMT

hi Gencebay90,how is it going??

of course , there are many lines that i have to underline while reading a book.
some of them are phrases l love and the others are ideas i am intersted in ,or they may be new idioms.
but whenever i read a book i make sure that i dont waste the joy of reading by underlining sentences or by looking up words in the dictionary.

so,here begins your mission to strike a balance between getting the joy of reading and the benefit of learning new words as well..

bye, enjoy reading your books.....