My new year holiday has run out. Today I am back to my work. The whole morning I still thought I was in the holiday!
I started my work from reading. It's a book I bought for myself as the new year gift. I'd love to share with you some funny idioms I picked up from the book this morning. Here we go!
Top Banana
The term top banana refers to the leader of a group or organization. It's smiliar to head honcho, big cheese, big enchilada.
Example: Is Mickey the top banana of Disneyland?
Monkey, you can not win the top banana!
The lights are on, but nobody is at home.
This term is used when describing a person struggles to fit into normal society, and subsequently rejected and described to people as a bit slow.
Example: Don't ask Tony what had happened. Um...you know, the lights are on, but nobody is at home.
When pigs fly.
This phrase equals to "it will never happen" or "I will never do it".
Example: ---Mickey, do you believe me?
---When pigs fly.
Everyone and his brother.
It refers to a very large number of people.
Example: Everyone and his brother is in the concert and listening to the musician carefully and intoxicately.
The world is your oyster.
If the world is your oyster, you have the ability to do anything you want or set you mind to do.
Example: The young people of today have so many advantages. The world is their oyster.
Over!
Happy lunar new year to you, and to myself. Giggling~
Comments
dEAR Ehab, I am so glad to hear that. It's my pleasure to share!
Hey, Jason! Thank you!
It's name is 英语下午茶。
;-)
Hello Mickey
what a wonderful book you read . I feel that I read it too after I read what you had written . thank you my friend .
It seems good, can you tell me the name of this book?
I am thirsty for it.
Thanks.
Ah, as busy as a beaver! Ｉ ｗａｓ ａｓ ｂｕｓｙ ａｓ ａ ｂｅａｖｅｒ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｔ ｗｅｅｋ． ｇｉｇｇｌｉｎｇ～
Ｔｈａｎｋ ｙｏｕ， ｄｅａｒ ｓｉｓ！
As always, another nice blog. Well done Sweety!!!!!! Allow me to write some!!!!!!
1- Catch you later. Means; good-bye.
2- Button your lip. Means; stop talking.
3- Busy as a Beaver. Means; working very hard.
4- Dog days of Summer. Means; the hottest and most humid days of Summer.
My best wishes for you Sweety.
By the way, di di, there is another sentence after gong xi fa cai. Kids like to say "hong bao na lai" after it, which means "give me hong bao!" hehehe~
Bro shah, thank you!
Cute pic! Wish you a prolific 2014!
giggling
Thank you, smart di di! Happy new year to you too!
;-)
Happy New Year Sister -:) I hope you have enjoyed your vacations -:) This is for you sister -:)
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