there are a lot of phtases in the Enlglish languge,but their means could not be translated easily.I have some difficulties in these phrases.
1give you the shirt off his back
2 laugh up one’s sleeve
3 face lift
4 bear up well
5 square deal
6now you’re talking.
7rat race
8wall flower
9fall back on
10before you know it
Yo1
December 10, 2004, 5:36pm
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my comments are under each quote.
montoya_cl328:
1give you the shirt off his back
means to give you everything he has, even his shirt. fallows along if someone has no money they will give EVERYTHING they have.
2 laugh up one’s sleeve
never heard of it
3 face lift
plastic surgery used to take away all old peoples wrinkles hhaha
4 bear up well
never heard of it
5 square deal
bad deal
6now you’re talking.
means now you have got my attention, or im interested, or thats my style, generally means you have same opinion as i do about something or someone
7rat race
was a good movie ahah, well if i fallow the movie it means a whole bunch of people or animals haha, racing on a BIG prize like in the movie it was for 2 million dollars.
8wall flower
flower that grown on a wall :?:
9fall back on
someone you can rely on or trust
10before you know it
means you can do it so fast no one will realize how fast you did it
and there are some new phrases I have.
1which way to turn
2get a hold of
3flat broke
4blow up
5yes man
6movie bug
7go around
8fair and square
9make it a point