An English Idiom about cats…
Posted by thecrazyteacher on marzo 16, 2011
Idiom Definitions for ‘All cats are grey in the dark’:
things are indistinguishable in the dark so appearances don’t matter.
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Again about phrasal verbs….DRIVE…
Posted by thecrazyteacher on marzo 15, 2011
– Force an animal or someone to leave a place
– Repulse, force back
– Do something out of a car
– Drive away from a place
– Force someone to leave a place
Drive up
– Make something increase
– Arrive in a vehicle
About phrasal verbs…..DIE…
Posted by thecrazyteacher on marzo 11, 2011
Die away = Become quieter or inaudible (of a sound)
Die down = Decrease or become quieter
Die for = Want something a lot
Die off = Become extinct
Die out = Become extinct or disappear
About English idioms…(1)
Posted by thecrazyteacher on febbraio 28, 2011
(An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.)
If something like a vehicle “stops on a dime“, it means that it stops very quickly and accurately.