http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aDelmobile&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:Delmobile'en-USXMOD (Build: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetsGoGetARealCupOfCoffee/lpjzz/post.htm#995201Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:27:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:995201delmobileDoes the paper offer lousy coffee in the employee break room or similar spot? She's probably just suggesting that they go get a decent cup somewhere else, then.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MondoDose/lpjgv/post.htm#995200Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:25:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:995200delmobileMondo just means "really big," not necessarily an overdose.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeThat/lpwkv/post.htm#995129Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:40:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:995129delmobileRight after I posted I thought about the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which the giant is heard to say, Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman! Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. So yes, I think any subjective pronoun can be put into that slot. I wish someone more expert than I would comment here about exactly how archaic this form now is, if certain phrases have been "frozen," or whatever.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetsGoGetARealCupOfCoffee/lpjzz/post.htm#995123Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:31:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:995123delmobileWhere are they? If they are in an effete coffee shop, Lois may mean that they should go to a diner or some other less pretentious place. Alternately, she may want them to go to a coffee shop for an espresso or something. :) Or "real cup of coffee" could mean a literal cup of coffee as opposed to the typical opening gambit of a dating relationship, which often starts with one person asking "Would you like to go for coffee sometime?" or similar.http://www.englishforums.com/English/YeahTessMayHaveHelped/lpwkx/post.htm#994924Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:30:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994924delmobileyes, I think that must be what he means.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BeThat/lpwkv/post.htm#994923Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:29:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994923delmobileI think what you heard was "be they." Always listen to your elders, be they wise or moronic. It's a form of the subjunctive that I think survives in this fixed expression; a grammarian would be able to explain this better than I can.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnCue/lpzhj/post.htm#994089Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994089delmobileAs though she were responding to a pre-rehearsed signal to snack. Actors wait for their cues to say their lines. Trained animals respond to cues when they are doing their tricks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AwayFrom/lprwc/post.htm#992785Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:50:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992785delmobileI'd change the second "would like" to "will." Alternately, you could make "our products & prices" the subject: "In this way, our products and prices will be more accessible to them."http://www.englishforums.com/English/LetsHearItFor/lprpb/post.htm#992784Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:48:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992784delmobileYou're exactly right. The "it" is a round of applause. Another, more recent variation is "let's give it up for..." or just "Give it up for...!"http://www.englishforums.com/English/EndlessAssociationalManifestedDelight/lxpdh/post.htm#992267Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:36:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992267delmobilemaybe change "the beautiful" to "the beauty of."http://www.englishforums.com/English/EndlessAssociationalManifestedDelight/lxpdh/post.htm#992001Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:43:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992001delmobileI think he is describing the opposite of what, if I understand the practice correctly, meditation is supposed to provide - a quiet, empty mind. Right now if I glance across my desk, I see my iPod - how long has it been since I charged it? a bottle of hand lotion - that's not supposed to be here. Why can't I be a tidier person? the clock that belonged to my grandmother, which doesn't work - it reminds me of my grandmother, and also that someday maybe I should find somebody to fix it - and on and on. Meanwhile there is a constant stream of babble behind all this about what I'm supposed to be doing right now, worry about a project I'm working on, anxiety about the wasp sting on my foot, and random memories that flit...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoFontOfModesty/lxndc/post.htm#991450Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:45:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:991450delmobileYes. "Font" here is the archaic word for fountain. McEnroe is the opposite of a fountain of modesty; he has none at all. And that should be "bearhugged."http://www.englishforums.com/English/HatOfSorts/lxkgp/post.htm#990529Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:57:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:990529delmobileIt means it's sort of like a hat. It can function as a hat, but it's odd-looking or otherwise not really a true "hat."http://www.englishforums.com/English/LookingWordCantOf/lkppc/post.htm#972601Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:30:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972601delmobileEureka, khoff! I think you've got it!http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningOfThePhrase/lkxbj/post.htm#972206Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:51:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972206delmobile1) the dead have no use for money. 2) innocently unaware of a grisly fate about to befall onehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/2/lkjdh/Post.htm#971705Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:53:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971705delmobileDel falls off chair shrieking with laughter---http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConsistOf/lknbd/post.htm#971646Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:21:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971646delmobileconsist = be made up of. There will never be more than 100 individuals in any later generation.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PourSthInto/lkmdk/post.htm#971563Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:28:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971563delmobilemaybe the boss is supposed to be gay.http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsageOfSlamDunk/lkmjb/post.htm#971500Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971500delmobileI'm not sure exactly what the speaker intends to do :) but sure, it sounds perfectly idiomatic to me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBumpInYourGeekFactor/lkmcl/post.htm#971451Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:45:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971451delmobileIn this instance, "bump" refers to a sudden, temporary increase. It's a word you hear associated with polls - "As expected, Obama's numbers showed a bump following the Democratic convention."http://www.englishforums.com/English/PourSthInto/lkmdk/post.htm#971450Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:42:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971450delmobile"Poured into" used with clothing means tight-fitting. Perhaps she's saying that his attractive butt got him the promotion? Who's his boss?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChristmasCardRoster/lklmp/post.htm#971449Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:41:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971449delmobileWell, I've only heard "hit list" used to describe either a list of people or a list of songs, and a "roster" is usually a list of names. But --- since the "blow his own horn" thing comes next, I think that, as you guessed, "Christmas card roster" must mean a list of achievements - those awful letters people put in their Christmas cards exaggerating all the accomplishments they've made during the year and ignoring all the bad news. If that's the case, "soprano hit list" would be a list of difficult, demanding songs with plenty of coloratura ornamentation.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DropInto/lkljr/post.htm#971274Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:46:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971274delmobileDrop in - stop by for a short, informal visit. One flight below - one flight of stairs lower. On a lower story. If Mrs. Cassidy lives on the second floor, Mrs. Fink lives on the third.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OurStingWentSouth/lklld/post.htm#971273Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:44:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971273delmobileYes, in this case the "sting" was their undercover operation designed to lure the criminals in for arrest. "Went south" means it failed.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChristmasCardRoster/lklmp/post.htm#971271Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:43:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971271delmobilePet - yes, favorite. I would think Christmas-card roster would mean the people he send cards to, not the list of achievements on his own card. "Hit list" sounds like a list of musical numbers here, though, so I'm not sure. A "hit list" can also be a list of people you want killed, but surely a soprano wouldn't have one of those? Then again, remembering sopranos I have known... Blow his own horn means to praise himself. Sometimes it's expressed as "toot his own horn." Not to toot my own horn, but I really do think I make the best chocolate cake in town. That's not bragging, Mama. That's just stating a simple fact! May I have another piece, please?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoWeeksWorthOfWork/lkllc/post.htm#971262Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:37:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971262delmobileTwo weeks' worth of work - the amount of work that it would ordinarily take two weeks to complete. Bolt - yes. To "bolt" means to run away suddenly. Something that is tightly wound reacts very quickly - think of a rubber band wound tightly on a toy gun.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/2/lkjdh/Post.htm#971261Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:35:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971261delmobileI don't think there's any doubt about it. it's right smack there in the Rubaiyat - actually the first time I saw it was in one of those Google book search things, so it was really in the Rubaiyat (the LeGallienne version) - whereas the only Shakespeare attribution is on two jilliion "Pleasures of Wine" oenophile sites (but with no play or character ever listed) and two different global Shakespeare search sites failed to turn it up. I'm sure it's because it's in iambic pentameter that the misattribution occurred. It's just kind of scary that it would be picked up unquestioningly by so very many web sites, even if they are all about wine and not about literature. Avangi, I think I remember reading...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/lkjdh/post.htm#970958Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:57:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970958delmobileOh my - it seems to be not Shakespeare at all, but from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A1iy%C3%A1t_of_Omar_Khayy%C3%A1m_%28Le_Gallienne%29 That bad old internet! Somebody should write a quatrain or two about how false information multiplied there be, or something. But not me. I've had a bit too much of the ol' wine cup and now it's time for bed :)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/lkjdh/post.htm#970956Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:52:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970956delmobileI've searched via a couple of online Shakespeare search engines, which seem to be representing all his works (not just the plays) and this quote isn't turning up anywhere. The only place I see it is innumerable wine websites, where of course it's attributed to "William Shakespeare." There's also some discussion of the quote in Smallville dialogue. Now we know where you got it, Madhulk :)http://www.englishforums.com/English/InMySide/lkwvv/post.htm#970687Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:22:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970687delmobileWell then, I suppose we can't blame it on the French. Who knows. Maybe he misspoke and they decided it wasn't worth reshooting the scene.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/lkjdh/post.htm#970686Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:13:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970686delmobileCalifJim, I'm sorry - for some reason I didn't see your post before I posted.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWineCup/lkjdh/post.htm#970685Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:09:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970685delmobileI can't be sure out of context, but mightn't this be a reference to good old "in vino veritas"? Trying to find play now...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ICrackSecurityTeam/lkwnj/post.htm#970416Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:31:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970416delmobileYes. She's ironically saying that she doesn't have very good security.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EgalitarianSanctioning/lkwdj/post.htm#970370Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970370delmobileUsually, threats to society are controlled by individuals/systems that have been set in place by the society to do that job - police, the court system, etc. Apparently in some primal groups, the people themselves, all acting as equals, take care of it. "Egalitarian sanctioning" is a pretty clever phrase and I'm not sure I can come up with anything better. "Group-derived discipline"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/InMySide/lkwvv/post.htm#970358Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:12:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970358delmobileWhoa! I guess that's what he means - what else can it be? - but that's really weird. I have never heard "in" with side to refer to anything except pain, or perhaps Adam's rib. Are you transcribing these yourself or getting it from closed captioning? Could it be a mistake?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DrawTheSting/lkwkk/post.htm#970355Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:08:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970355delmobileLike a wasp or bumblebee whose stinger has been removed. His attacks have lost their venom; they are no longer as painful/harmful. Edit: Or, if we're talking about attacks that have already happened, it could mean the sting (pain) has been drawn out of the wound, as with a healing poultice.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HitTheStrip/lkwzb/post.htm#970350Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:03:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970350delmobileYou do know he means Las Vegas, Nevada. "The Strip" refers to the street where the big, flashy hotels, casinos and so forth are located, the ones that have made the city famous as a tourist destination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip Blue Man Group is (are?) also performers. Their act is, um, difficult to pigeonhole. http://www.blueman.com/http://www.englishforums.com/English/TryingToFindAWord/lkwhb/post.htm#970340Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:59:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:970340delmobileI think "Related Documents:" would be fine. "Addenda" might also be the word you're looking for.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SayFroggyJump/lkgzl/post.htm#969805Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:25:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969805delmobileAlthough children play a game called leapfrog, I don't think this phrase is related to it, but merely a colorful riff on the rather boring expression, "When he says jump, you'd better jump" - "When he says frog, you'd better jump." Another version is, "When he says jump, you'd better ask how high." (And I suppose there are people out there stretching it still further with, "When he says frog, you'd better ask how high.") All of these, of course, imply immediate and unquestioning obedience to the speaker, even at the risk of looking ridiculous (when imitating a frog). Oddly enough, I clearly remember the first time I heard the frog version of this expression. It was my...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CoffeeTalk/lkzlz/post.htm#969802Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:17:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969802delmobileOh dear. Well, I don't know enough about the international internet to advise. sorry.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ShowsUpLight/lkgbn/post.htm#969712Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:37:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969712delmobileWe must teach Madhulk all about the "vig." Unfortunately I don't understand it very well myself.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ASafeBetSays/lkgcz/post.htm#969696Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969696delmobileA safe bet is one that can't lose. Tiger Woods would be a safe bet to win the golf tournament at a small-town country club. This is another way of saying that you would be safe betting that Quin had a safe stuffed with cash - it may also be a play on the word "safe."http://www.englishforums.com/English/ShowsUpLight/lkgbn/post.htm#969626Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:09:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969626delmobile"Light" in this context does seem to be no cash, or perhaps short of the required amount. Box - yes. A coffin.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TalkAboutFootageTrainWreck/lkzpx/post.htm#969594Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969594delmobile"Train wreck" has become a slang term for any disaster. You can say, "Boy, how about that presentation to the client this morning? What a total freaking train wreck!" but you wouldn't say, "I knew the presentation wasn't going to go well, but I didn't expect it to be an airplane crash," or "If Jim lets one more sales meeting turn into a chemical spill, he's going to get fired."http://www.englishforums.com/English/CoffeeTalk/lkzlz/post.htm#969579Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969579delmobileThe Onion is a fake news comedy site - you should see a link to their video collection in the menu at the top of the page. I dont' think it's only for US - I hope not :) Here's one of my favorites: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/facebook_twitter_revolutionizing (warning - there's some bad language)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CoffeeTalk/lkzlz/post.htm#969525Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:33:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969525delmobileTape ourselves - yes, record. Send them to the internet - I guess this is a videotape, so yes, sounds like something like YouTube. Coffee-talk - I've never heard this in my life. But it definitely sounds like the kind of chit-chat one does over coffee on those awful morning shows. The opposite of an intense, intellectual discussion :) (BTW have you ever watched the videos on www.theonion.com? They do spoofs of several different types of TV news shows, and the "morning show" is one of my favorites.) Tackling morning television - "tackling" anything implies that it is a formidable opponent and that you are exerting yourself to fight it, just the way an American football player dives into a tackle with all his...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IveExcuseFrontSeatEnough/lkcdn/post.htm#968554Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:968554delmobileThe usual expression is "a poor excuse." An online dictionary defines the expression as "an inferior example." http://www.yourdictionary.com/excusehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SouthHorrorMovies/lkcbp/post.htm#968546Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:47:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:968546delmobileTo be "south of" something is to miss the mark. (South is below north on a traditional map where north is the top of the page.) "A few horror movies" is the degree to which he is not okay - in other words, a lot. So yes, he is nowhere near okay. A belly flop is when you jump into a pool and hit the surface of the water with the flat (or curve, whatever ya got) of your belly. Not only does it look graceless (especially if you were attempting to execute a dive), but it also stings. Using "awkward" to describe the pool instead of the belly flop itself might be just word play, or it might mean that in addition to risking looking stupid, Chloe is worried she might be asking an embarrassing or awkward question...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GaggingOnTheSilverSpoon/ljxqm/post.htm#968421Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:06:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:968421delmobileI agree that it's a combination of "born with a silver spoon" and "gag me with a spoon," but I think the character is disgusted not with his wealth per se but with the control his family has been able to exert over him because of it, pressure to behave in a certain way, associate with certain people, etc. The terrible burden of wealth :)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TallDarkAndSingle/lkbpz/post.htm#968416Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:02:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:968416delmobile"Tall, dark, and handsome" is a collocation - it's a cliche used to describe a desirable man. She's making a play on that. It's been in use so long I don't think anybody even thinks about the literal meaning of the "dark" part, but I suppose it could be taken to mean "mysterious."