Hi, Vermont, This is how I read the passage: If you have anything up your sleeve (=some hidden/secret ability) you should show it now. If you can borrown someone's hat in the audience and make customers for an idle (unnecessary/unneeded)

Hi, Mowgli, Yes, you can say light wind. The BBI dictionary gives balmy/gentle/light wind as synonyms. Cheers!

Thank you both, Clive and CalifJim! Though there is obviously no exact English equivalent your suggestions gave me some ideas how to put it in English. Don't you think it's curious how the proverbs nations have reveal so much about their

Hello, I need an English proverb for what my dictionary says is "to lack amid plenty". I googled for this phrase and I only found it on non-English sites, so I have my doubts. What I'm looking for is a proverb used to say that somebody has a

You are absolutely right, Knoff, but I prefer thinking of sunshine. (It's from a Dire Straights' song.)

Thanks a lot, MrM!

Hello everybody! I have to write about a management team consisting of men only. I cannot choose the right adjective. Which of the following sounds best to you: - a male team of managers -a men's team of managers - a team of men

Thank you both, Davkett and Clive! 'I can't disagree on that more' --carries an implied 'with you', as in: 'I can't disagree more on that'. (I would relocate 'more'.) This was actually what I wanted to know. A guy here says that you cannot

Hello everybody, I've heard the reply "I can't agree more" to say that you absolutely agree with somebody. Am I right to think that "I can't disagree more" is also correct? Also, is the sentence "I can't disagree on that more" possible? Or

Hi, Ephebos, googling was the first thing I did. And the paragraph above was the first I found. But as the quote says, "I leave the reader to arrive at his own conclusions." I was just curious to know what other readers, not Eco, thought about the