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• Chinese Idioms: Excellent Stratagems In A Silk Bag

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 134
  Excellent Stratagems in A Silk Bag Characters: Pronunciation: ...
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• Chasing The Word Dragon

  
  Chronicles Of The Return — Authority: 127
  Riffing off my recent language posts here lately, I want to highlight some of the writing exercises I do every week. I call it ‘wordwork,’ but you might call it writer’s calisthenics, exercises designed to break through the fog of morning and get the creative juices flowing. Each day I do several exercises, ...
  1 day ago

• From brotherly beans (xiang1 jian1 tai4 ji2)

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 648
  FIGHTING and killings among brothers are always tragic. Such as the persecution of Cao Zhi, a famous writer in ancient China, by his own brother. But this particular story did have one good result -- the idiom...
  2 days ago

• What Are Some Idioms/sayings Related To Something Good Coming Out Of A Bad Situation, But Related To Soccer?

  
  Football Kits Online — Authority: 148
  Im writing a personal narrative in English about how I lost a very important soccer game, but learned a lot from it.. I was trying to think of something creative to conclude it.. like a saying or something similar to "Every cloud has a silver lining" but related to soccer...any ideas? Thanks!
  4 days ago

• [Edible Idiom] Être comme un coq en pâte

  
  Chocolate & Zucchini — Authority: 452
  This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Browse the list of idioms featured so far. This weeks idiom is, "Être comme un coq en pâte." Literally translated as, "Being like a rooster in dough," it means feeling cosy and pampered , being in a state of absolute ...
  4 days ago

• Chinese Idioms: Be There Just To Increase The Number

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 134
  Be There Just to Increase the Number Characters: ...
  1 week ago

• Idiom-To curry favor

  
  English Trainer — Authority: 114
  Idiom- to curry favor -to win favor by giving gifts or flattery ex. He sent many gifts to his girlfriends parents because he wants to curry favor with them.
  1 week ago

• ���г��� (xiong1 you3 cheng2 zhu2) Life lesson from artist

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 648
  LIKE everywhere else in the world, to develop a well-thought-out plan before embarking upon a new undertaking is deemed to be wise and advisable by Chinese. However, the Chinese tend to describe such prudent...
  1 week ago

• advent calendar – day 10

  
  sketched out — Authority: 420
  Some presents really HIT THE BULL’S EYE !
  1 week ago

• Words, Words,Words 12/10/09

  
  Logorrhea — Authority: 106
  Technorati Tags: Los Angeles Times , Henry Chu , language , idioms Ya gotta love ‘em, our idioms.  You can’t really turn off a light; you can move a switch to the off position. “Pre-sale” by now is ubiquitous, although it’s nonsense.  There’s another one which is not quite so widespread, ...
  1 week ago

• Chinese Idioms: Buying A Box And Returning The Pearls Inside

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 134
  Buying A Box and Returning the Pearls Inside Characters: ...
  2 weeks ago

• My State Fair Lady; Lemons to lemonaid, malaise to marmalade: Sarah

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between ones real and ones declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." — George Orwell LIBERALS ARE BLOWN AWAY BY FOOTNOTES AND BIG WORDS (even though they dont ...
  2 weeks ago

• [Edible Idiom] Être dans le pâté

  
  Chocolate & Zucchini — Authority: 452
  This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Browse the list of idioms featured so far. This weeks idiom is, "Être dans le pâté." Literally translated as, "Being in the pâté," it means feeling drowsy and out of it , usually in the morning after too much partying and/or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chinese Idioms and Swearing…Regarding the Dog

  
  My Dad is a Fob — Authority: 121
  My mom and I were vacationing in Australia when we received this email from my dad back at home… Lucky Ni just broke into our house, and ate most Jonathan’s breakfast for this coming week: 12 pcs crossant (the entire pack) and 1 poncake [pound cake].  I just got from Costco this afternoon with Jason. He just ...
  2 weeks ago

• Idiom-To build castles in the air

  
  English Trainer — Authority: 114
  Idiom- To build castles in the air -to indulge in reveries ex. The newlyweds are building castles in the air.
  3 weeks ago

• Chinese Idioms: High Mountains And Flowing Water

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 134
  High Mountains and Flowing Water Characters: Pronunciation: ...
  3 weeks ago

• ������� (wu4 yi2 lei4 ju4) Birds of a feather ...

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 648
  BIRDS of a feather flock together" is a popular phrase in English to describe how people of similar minds tend to get together. In the Chinese language, there is a comparable expression, "wu4 yi2 lei4 ju4" or...
  3 weeks ago

• New games and other photocopiables November 09 Part Three

  
  TEFLtastic with Alex Case — Authority: 122
  As promised, here are the good ones to make up for the crappy ones in Part Two below. Btw, if something sounds almost what you are looking for but not quite, a good tip I’ve worked out over far too many hours on the internet is to click on the link anyway then to delete just the last part of the URL in your web ...
  3 weeks ago

• ζ�缦�� (wei4 ru2 ji1 lei4) Chicken ribs maneuver

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 648
  CAO Cao, ruler of the Kingdom of Wei (AD 220-265), was not only a famous strategist and poet, but also the creator of a number of Chinese sayings which are still popular today. One such expression is "wei4 ru2...
  3 weeks ago

• Take Time Off to Guess These Wildly Popular Animal Sayings!

  
  PetSugar — Authority: 600
  If youre still in a food coma from yesterday, dont despair! Ive rounded up six of our wildly popular, animal idiom quizzes for you to relax and click away through. Dont worry, elastic waistbands and/or (the cats) pajamas are still welcome here for trivia time! Horse Sayings Fish Sayings Chicken ...
  3 weeks ago

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