A Cat-and-dog life : A life full of quarrels and fighting. Cats generally don't get along with dogs very well, you know. Milking the bull : Doing a futile job; futility; trying to do something that results in little or no desired outcome. A

Hi BMO, Give me the pronunciation of the Chinese term you are asking to translate so maybe I can help.

"So-called", a compound adjective with hyphen, means "that are normally called", "perceived as", "falsely thought of as", or "having gotten a reputation as". When people put "so-called" in front of a noun or a modifier, they imply a doubt or an

Guest, By "one would normally buy eggs by a dozen" you are assumimg that Thorn lives in the US, or at least in some Western countries where 12 eggs are nicely packed in styrofoam containers. However, in many parts of the world folks still go

What does it mean "showing up" in this quote from W. Allen : "Eighty percent of success is showing up." Thanks,

Henry Adams is an American historian at the time of the turn of last century. His sentence, as quoted, is not in grammatically standardized structure that makes it difficult to understand.

When I want to describe an event that has happened to this day and can continue further on, can I use UNTIL TODAY ? EX: 1. "He has been working with me until today". Does that mean he still works with me or he has already quitted ? 2.

In a soccer match when the referee announces the substitution of players, how would he say ? For examples : "Player A out, player B in" ? or "A(lastname) out, B(lastname) in" ? or "Player B replaces player A" ? or "Player A is replaced by

Hi Pastel, If a moderator needs to ask for a member's permission he would say something like this :"Can I move your question to the Vocabulary forum ?" or "Let me know if this is OK with you". According to his message, MM did not mean to ask

Historical : About or related to history. Doesn't need to carry any important or memorable connotation. ex: I don't want to go to a movie that is full of historical events. - She loves historical novels. - There are many historical documents in