The true meaning of common idioms
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Non-native speakers of English tell me that the basic rules of grammar aren’t too hard to learn, but the idioms are murder.
(Ok, not literally “murder,” that’s just an expression…. nevermind.)
Idioms are used by many of God’s great creatures, not just humanoids, as I learned from The Oatmeal:
So to help all of us understand better understand American business vernacular or, as our UK brethren like to say, the American bastardization of the rich, beautiful language you so unashamedly defiled, I’ve prepared the following chart.
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“To be perfectly honest with you, …” – Everything I said before this moment was bullshit.
“Just kidding!” – No I’m not.
“The deal ..read more