Tag Archives: idioms

The day before yesterday

Posted 10 days ago by John Gray

Nuestro mañana será más luminoso [sic] que nuestro ayer y nuestro hoy. Pero ¿quién pondría la mano en el fuego en cuanto a que nuestro pasado mañana no vaya a ser peor que nuestro anteayer? [Our tomorrow will be more …

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Notes from an impromptu lunchtime brainstorm, rendered in blank verse

Posted 378 days ago by John Gray

Between the devil and the deep blue sea does it mean the same thing as Between a rock and a hard place? is the Spanish equivalent Entre la espada y la pared?

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Ways to say crazy 2: gnomes in the loft

Posted 424 days ago by John Gray

Idiomatic turns-of-phrase often reflect the culture or country in which they are used. We have already looked at some typically British phrases, like bats in the belfry and mad as a March hare. In Australia, someone who is a little …

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Ways to say crazy

Posted 436 days ago by John Gray

The British love eccentrics. Perhaps it is a result of the emphasis British society has always put on individualism, or maybe it’s just the weather, but there has always been a special kind of respect and admiration paid to people …

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