An Idiom a Day » expressions in English http://www.languagelearningcenter.net Come learn a Language with Us! Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:59:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 An Idiom a Day . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty http://www.languagelearningcenter.net/idioms/an-idiom-a-day-above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty/ http://www.languagelearningcenter.net/idioms/an-idiom-a-day-above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:52:12 +0000 Dave Jackson http://www.languagelearningcenter.net/?p=285

Generally referring to police officers or firemen or military who lose their lives in the line of duty, their work, this idiom can also refer to you. Listen here.

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Generally referring to police officers or firemen or military who lose their lives in the line of duty, their work, this idiom can also refer to you. Listen here.


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Someone who is always moving and always into something new is like a stone that moves. There is an old saying that stones that are moved do not get moss on them. So like the stone a person who is always moving is not considered set in their ways.

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Someone who is always moving and always into something new is like a stone that moves. There is an old saying that stones that are moved do not get moss on them. So like the stone a person who is always moving is not considered set in their ways.

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We use this idiom when someone does something bad to us and we want to be bad back to them. We say to ourselves and others that what the bad people are doing to us is a game that two can play.

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We use this idiom when someone does something bad to us and we want to be bad back to them. We say to ourselves and others that what the bad people are doing to us is a game that two can play.

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This idiom is used when we are wanting to say that thing is superior, like a restaurant, or a school. You could say that restaurant is very good! It is a cut above. Someone who is a very professional singer could be called a cut above. It comes from the

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This idiom is used when we are wanting to say that thing is superior, like a restaurant, or a school. You could say that restaurant is very good! It is a cut above. Someone who is a very professional singer could be called a cut above. It comes from the meaning that when something is inferior, it is cut off and let go. A cut above is the good part that is left.

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With all the cold winter weather it gets hard to stay indoors all the time. And we generally want to get out just to experience something different. When we are bored of the same situation or same thing happening, we say we want a change of scenery. Scenery is our view,

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With all the cold winter weather it gets hard to stay indoors all the time. And we generally want to get out just to experience something different. When we are bored of the same situation or same thing happening, we say we want a change of scenery. Scenery is our view, what we see, so changing that will give us a fresh outlook.

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Here is a fun idiomatic expression for when we see someone. We look and WOW, they look just like someone you used to know! You ask, but it is not them. It is a case of mistaken identity.

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Here is a fun idiomatic expression for when we see someone. We look and WOW, they look just like someone you used to know! You ask, but it is not them. It is a case of mistaken identity.

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You probably know someone who is agitated all the time. They cannot sit still because they are worried about someone or something. You can see it in their mannerisms and their face. We call this person a bundle of nerves. This comes from our nervous system which is where all

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You probably know someone who is agitated all the time. They cannot sit still because they are worried about someone or something. You can see it in their mannerisms and their face. We call this person a bundle of nerves. This comes from our nervous system which is where all the agitation is displayed.

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This means someone is suggesting you do your work now instead of waiting. If you do it now, you will have more time tomorrow.

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This means someone is suggesting you do your work now instead of waiting. If you do it now, you will have more time tomorrow.

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