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Idioms : English and Turkish
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| 20. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:06 pm |
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A picture is worth a thousand words
A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description.
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| 21. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:08 pm |
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A pretty penny
mean the item is very expensive.
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| 22. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:40 pm |
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Quoting christine: A pretty penny
mean the item is very expensive.
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It cost an arm and a leg - same meaning
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| 23. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:48 pm |
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OK PT...How bout...
Barking up the wrong tree....
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Looking in the wrong place
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| 24. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 07:50 pm |
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The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind
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| 25. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:18 pm |
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Mad as a March hare
Someone who is excitable and unpredictable
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| 26. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:20 pm |
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Make a mountain out of a molehill
If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, they exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem.
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| 27. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:56 pm |
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Quoting eddie: OK PT...How bout...
Barking up the wrong tree....
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Looking in the wrong place |
We have that in UK too  here's your homework
on a tree theme:
Can't see the wood for the trees
to shape wooden
on a dog theme:
His bark is worse than his bite
He's in the dog house
It's raining cats and dogs
PT is barking mad  (or just "barking") = insane
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23 Feb 2008 Sat 08:57 pm |
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Quoting susan666: The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind |
space cadet = someone with no brains
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| 29. |
23 Feb 2008 Sat 09:27 pm |
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Quoting peace train: If one does not get straight to the point it is known ad "going around the houses" |
"stop beating around the bush" same meaning as above
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23 Feb 2008 Sat 10:43 pm |
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Quoting peace train: Quoting susan666: The lights are on but no ones home= A person is there in body but not in spirit or mind |
space cadet = someone with no brains |
A penny short of a shilling
A sweet short of a quarter
all the same meaning
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