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Is "to live in the dark" an American Idiom? I couldn't find any reference of it.Here is an exceprt of a TV transcript: SAM How ya doing, Bernie?BERNICE Not wild about people calling me Bernie.SAM Sure. What should I call...

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 thekiss till the end of the year?

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...

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...

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. CJ

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

I'm not clear what you are asking here.As for your grammar questions, as always, I leave them to the grammar experts.

1. to steal the showa) 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...

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 showa) Jack Nicholson stole the show in Batman. (question: is it...

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,...