Hi Shama, I feel a bit like you are just posting your homework here, and asking us to do it for you. Have you searched for these via google? Can you try to write some sentences yourself, so that we can then help you by commenting on your

- Whoops. I spent too much time writing this and now Nona's gone and beaten me to it. Good thing we don't conflict with each other! - "At face value" means you are taking something for what it appears to be, without assuming other

1. To look only at the obvious appearance of something and not delve into the hidden details. Taken at face value a car for £1000 might be a good bargain but when you look at the engine... or, she took her mother-in-law's friendliness at face

hi yogi, that's perfect, well done. To 'take sb under one's wing' means to look after somebody in a situation where you know more or have been there longer (for example in the workplace, an employee who has been there for years may take a

Thank you all for your help. Dear Mr Pedantic, thank you for your greetings. I'm glad to be back and work with you all again. I didn't do any translation exercises this summer, unfortunately, for I had so many problems to tackle. I had an awful

Brewer has this explanation: Ancaeos Helmsman of the ship Argo , after the death of Tiphys. He was told by a slave that he would never live to taste the wine of his vineyards. When a bottle made from his own grapes was set before him, he sent

Hi, "twixt cup and lip there's many a slip'. 'twixt' means 'between'. My understanding is this. To pick up your cup and drink from it seems a simple and easy thing to do. However, even in this simple act, there can be small or large

This thread has reminded me of an expression I haven't heard for a long time: "twixt cup and lip there's many a slip'. I'm not sure what it means....does it apply here in #1? Some places now print a 'best by date' or in the case of meat, 'use

1 I don't really know when you put it that way, but you can say "There's a world of difference between what politicians say and what they do". 2 It's the date that the (perishable) product should be sold by and still be fairly edible for a

Hi Hela, 1) How could I finish this sentence? “What politicians say and what they do … are two different things (this is a very comon and natural expression here, but it isn't idiomatic) Is there an idiomatic expression for this special