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• Σ������ (wei1 ru2 lei3 luan3) An eggy tale of risk

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 680
  THE English term "house of cards" suggests a flimsy structure, arrangement or situation that is in danger of collapsing or failing. Chinese people have a similar phrase - a pile of eggs. However, it is more precarious...
  7 hours ago

• IDIOMS WITH CATS

  
  KEYHOLE PICTURES (photos only) — Authority: 127
  Herding cats If you have to try to co-ordinate a very difficult situation, where people want to do very different things, you are herding cats. All ears If someone says theyre all ears, they are very interested in hearing about something. All that glitters is not gold This means that appearances can ...
  3 days ago

• The phrases of the day

  
  Think in English — Authority: 119
  Hello guys! Do you remember phrases like "Its raining cats and dogs", "We are packed like sardines", "What a coincidence!" or lots of others? Click on the image and read about the phrases of the day in our English classroom and enjoy reading, guys!
  4 days ago

• Chinese Idioms: A Bird Frightened By The Sound Of A Bowstring

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 133
  Chinese Idioms: A Bird Frightened By The Sound Of A Bowstring
  4 days ago

• My name is not nobody

  
  A mountain dweller in the Thames Valley — Authority: 99
  The name of the doubt.As you may have read in September, I am for a couple months the lucky dad of a young little fellow called Arthur. Finding the name of your heir is probably one of the most complex tasks in early parenthood. You cannot afford to be wrong... (Un)fortunately the pregnancy lasts for nine months, ...
  1 week ago

• well done the

  
  separated by a common language — Authority: 405
  Often these days my blogging consists of answering queries from readers wondering about this or that thing theyve heard or read. Im going to turn that on its head and ask you about something. Its this little type of exclamation: In each Festival match of 30 overs we scored over 115 runs and on average only lost ...
  1 week ago

• How to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth…in Spanish

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks How-to Stuff — Authority: 122
  While chatting with a friend the other day, our conversation meandered its way to the subject of idioms. Specifically, how it’s virtually impossible to literally translate idioms into different languages and have any hope of conveying the original meaning. When learning a new language, slang and idioms are ...
  1 week ago

• English Idioms for Money & Business

  
  The Campus Commons — Authority: 118
  When it comes to money and business, English idioms are commonplace. For international students in the workplace , however, many of these English idioms are gibberish. What is a “dog-eat-dog” industry, for instance? Or a store that charges “an arm and a leg”? Money — its lack, extravagance, necessity — ...
  1 week ago

• MY CATS AS IDIOMS

  
  KEYHOLE PICTURES (photos only) — Authority: 127
  Feast today, famine tomorrow If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow. Whats cooking? When you ask whats cooking it means you want to know whats happening. Heart in the right place If someones heart is in the right place, they are good and kind, though ...
  1 week ago

• Chinese Idioms: Break Woks, Sink Boats. (Burning One's Boat)

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 133
  Chinese Idioms: Break Woks, Sink Boats. (Burning Ones Boat)
  1 week ago

• Idiom-Turn away

  
  English Trainer — Authority: 110
  Idiom- Turn away -to dismiss ex. He turned away all the employees before taking the phone call from his wife.
  1 week ago

• ��÷ֹ�� (wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke2) The power of illusions

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 680
  WHEN Chinese say that someone is trying to satisfy his or her desires by illusion, they frequently use the phrase "wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke2" The literal meaning is to quench ones thirst by looking at imaginary fresh plums....
  2 weeks ago

• Never too late to fix (wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2)

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 680
  THE idiom "wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2" or "mending the sheepfold after losing sheep" has been used as a piece of helpful advice in China for centuries, probably because it is often found that its never too late to take...
  2 weeks ago

• MY CATS AS IDIOMS

  
  KEYHOLE PICTURES (photos only) — Authority: 127
  The meme "Idioms in photos" created by Jientje is finished officially. When I started to participate I never thought of using my cats. But then I loved the meme and thought I would continue "in private" as long as I find idioms which fit on my cats, or my cats who fits on the Idioms. Here are 3 others Face ...
  2 weeks ago

• Outsourcing the Writing for Your Online Business

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 150
  Anyone who has been in cyberspace marketing for more than a period knows that the cyberspace uses up noesis in a hurry. So such of the success of online ventures yet depends upon the abstraction and calibre of the production of the writers. Regardless of the medium finished which the noesis is presented, it prototypal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chinese Idioms: Draw a Snake with Feet

  
  Xianzai.com China Information — Authority: 133
  Chinese Idioms: Draw a Snake with Feet
  2 weeks ago

• Folly of the senses (wan2 wu4 sang4 zhi4)

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 680
  WHILE many Chinese people love hobbies, it is a cherished notion that it is best to distance ones self from any indulgence that interferes with ones career pursuits. The principle is best expressed in a 3,000-year-old...
  3 weeks ago

• Wonderful phrases and idioms.

  
  Web tools, Software, Scripts, Services and Resources. — Authority: 110
  You might have noticed that I often uses various phrases in my blog posts that are always relevant to the topic of the blog post. I love to quote famous quotes of famous people and I have compiled huge database of resources of phrases and idioms. Here is another resourceful website for phrases and idioms . Here, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Array-ifying Values

  
  Virtuous Code — Authority: 413
  I can’t remember if I’ve written about this before. On the assumption that I haven’t, I’ll forge ahead. As I’ve mentioned in the past I hate null checks. They clutter up code and add nothing meaningful to the code’s narrative. I hate checks to see if a value is singular or plural too. I guess what I’m ...
  3 weeks ago

• IDIOMS IN PHOTOS

  
  KEYHOLE PICTURES (photos only) — Authority: 127
  More participants here at Jientje A little bird told me If someone doesnt want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them. An apple a day keeps the doctor away Eating healthy food keeps you healthy. Under the table Bribes or illegal payments ...
  3 weeks ago

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