Idioms are a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
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Usage of 'on the brink of'
(Talking about a chimp): "In human age, he would have been on the brink of puberty."
I was told that this sentence is odd because 'be on the brink of' is usually used for something negative: ...
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Ambiguous usage of “got”
I read this sentence:
I'm glad I got to know her.
"Got" can be used like permission, like "I was allowed/able to", but it can also be used like the ongoing status of something, as in
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What does 'trout-shouldered' mean?
In an episode of the television show Archer one character refers to another as being "trout-shouldered."
“This pathetic, trout-shouldered excuse for a boom operator is Chet Manly."
What might this ...
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What does 'What kind of mischief are you up to?' mean?
One of my US users asked the following questions when she got information about my resignation from my manager.
What is this rumor I hear? What kind of mischief are you up to?
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Whose window? - What's the idiom for unpredictable unknown beneficial opportunities that might come up?
I've heard an idiom that contains the word 'window' and I think it is of the form, somebody's window. Pandora's window or something. I don't remember the somebody.
It applies to beneficial unknown ...
