See A Man About A Dog | Powder My Nose | English Idioms
These expressions have very similar meanings and they are both used in informal contexts. Let’s start with the first one. To see a man about a dog is to go to the bathroom. It is an...
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Saying What You Have To Do In English
To tell your friends or colleagues what you have to do, use I have to… I have to make a call. I have to drop my kids at school. I have to pick up...
A Red Letter Day
Any day that is very important for some reason can be described as a red-letter day. The day my twins were born was a red-letter day for me and my family. Today is a red-letter day for our cricket...
A Recipe For Disaster
If something is going to cause trouble, you can describe it as a recipe for disaster. Being good friends with your best friend’s ex can be a recipe for disaster. Being overweight and leading a sedentary...
A Ray Of Sunshine
If something (for example, a piece of information) brings happiness to you, you can describe it as a ray of sunshine. New stem cell therapy could offer the much needed ray of sunshine for cancer patients. After...
A Raw Deal | English Idioms
You can say that you got a raw deal when you feel that you were not treated fairly. This idiom is often used with the verbs give and get. She quit the job because she felt that she was getting...
Questions You Could Be Asked During An Interview
There is no limit to the range of questions you may be asked and the variation between them. However, there are many questions which come up time and time again. You should have thought...
How To Make A Request Or Question Sound More Polite
Yes/no questions We usually make requests less direct by putting them in the form of yes/no questions. This suggests that the hearer can choose whether to agree or not. Could you lend me your pen, please? (Much...
Saying Please
We use please to make a request more polite. Would you move a bit, please? Could you open the window, please? ‘Would you like some help?’ ‘Yes, please.’ Please do is a rather formal answer to a...
Pig Out | English Idioms
Pig is one of those animals that are unlikely to invoke any positive sentiments in the mind. The sentence He is a pig can mean two things. It could mean that the person is very dirty....
