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الكاتب:  سيرين [ الأحد أغسطس 21, 2011 11:49 am ]
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nouar86,
Thank you so much for your participation *1
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thanks SYRIN, but if you don not mid give us a brife explation about eaxh idioms, it's reaay nice thread thanks a lot
I will try :roll: You and other members have to help me :wink: *1

الكاتب:  سيرين [ الخميس سبتمبر 08, 2011 1:58 pm ]
عنوان المشاركة:  " IDIOMS "

Animal idioms

Monkey
To monkey around; Monkey business; To make a monkey out of someone.

Bee
Busy as a bee; The bee's knees; To have a bee in your bonnet.

Dog

To be in the dog house; The hair of the dog; To make a dog's dinner of something.

Insect
Knee-high to a grasshopper; Butterflies in your stomach; Ants in your pants.

Cat
There isn't enough room to swing a cat; To let the cat out of the bag; To put the cat among the pigeons.

Pig

Pigs might fly; This place is a pigsty; To make a pig's ear of something

Bird
Birdbrain; To have a bird's eye view; A little bird told me

Horse

To eat like a horse; Straight from the horse's mouth; To flog a dead horse
Fish
There's something fishy about this; A big fish in a small pond; A fish out of water.

الكاتب:  M. Samhar AlAbiad [ الخميس أكتوبر 13, 2011 3:38 pm ]
عنوان المشاركة:  " IDIOMS "

HI All
Explanation for some idioms:

To Monkey Around: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Monkey business: mischievous, suspect, dishonest, or meddlesome behaviour or acts

Make a monkey of somone: to make someone look foolish

Busy as a bee: very busy

Bee's knee: an excellent or ideally suitable person or thing

have a bee in your bonnet: a single idea or a thought that remains in one's mind; an obsession

to be in the dog's house: means that someone is angry about something you did (or didn't do).

the hair of the dog: an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover

make a dog's dinner of something: a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"

knee high to a grasshopper: to be very young

butterflies in stomach: to be very nervous

ants in pants: nervousness and agitation

no room to swing a cat: An awkwardly small, confined space

cat out of the bag: Disclose a secret

put the cat among the pigeons: to do something that causes problems or trouble, or stirr a situation

pigs might fly: A humourous/sarcastic remark, used to indicate the unlikeliness of some event or to mock the credulity of others; for example, "I might make a start on papering the back bedroom tomorrow". "Yes, and pigs might fly".

the place is a pigsty: very untidy, dirty and messy place

make a pig's ear of something: to do something very badly

birdbrain: A person regarded as silly or stupid.

bird's eye view - a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance

Regards

الكاتب:  Safwat [ الخميس أكتوبر 13, 2011 5:36 pm ]
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