Idioms may be defined as expressions peculiar to a language. They play an important part in all languages. Many verbs, when followed by various prepositions,or adverbs , acquire an idiomatic sense ; as, ➣He backed up (supported) his friend's claim. ➣ The present disturbances will soon blow over (pass off). ➣ That fellow trumped up (concocted, fabricated) a story. ➣ I threatened to show him up (expose him). BE IN DUTCH Meaning : I n trouble Example : The boy was in dutch with his friend . BRAIN BOX Meaning : someone who is regarded as highly intelligent Example : Kevin is such a brain box that he memorized Pi(ㄫ) to a hundred decimal places. IN VOGUE Meaning : to say that something is fashionable and is in trend Example : Youth love wearing branded clothes.They are so much in vogue. DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S Meaning : to pay the greater deal of attention to the details of something especially when you are tryin...
Hello friends ! My name is Tori , and i am a horse .As i am getting old, i m thinking to write my autobiography to live life again Now that i am getting old and stiff in the joints, i like to mediate while grazing in this pasture,on my foal days. I think that was the happiest part of my life. I had no work to do, and could not run about after my mother, who was a fine white Arab mare, without any restraint . Most of my time was spent in the fields, where i nibbled the tender grass and capered about,while my mother was steadily grazing But that could not last forever.when i was old enough,the trainer came and , to my great indignation ,fastened a long rope to my head and then began me drive round and round in circles with his long whip. I was frightened and angry,but he went on till i was so tired so that i can scarcely stand .However, my mother told me that it was no use my resisting , and to make a long story short, I was at last thoroughly trained as a Riding-horse...