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What would you do if your teacher had something green in his/her teeth?
Would you eat a live cricket for $500?
Cricket
get outta here
means 'no kidding' or 'are you serious?'
example sentences: My wife bought me a new car. response: Get outta here! That's great!
example sentences: My wife bought me a new car. response: Get outta here! That's great!
New Year's Resolution
Resolution means to resolve to do something; it is a solution to a problem.
Many people want to have a better year, so they make a resolution to themselves to quit a bad habit, or to do something better.
Many people want to have a better year, so they make a resolution to themselves to quit a bad habit, or to do something better.
Word of the day
Smash
to break or be broken into small pieces by force; to hit or move with force.
Example Sentences
The young boy smashed his mother's favorite vase.
Be careful or you'll smash into a tree!
to break or be broken into small pieces by force; to hit or move with force.
Example Sentences
The young boy smashed his mother's favorite vase.
Be careful or you'll smash into a tree!
December 30th - Idiom
Cut to the Chase
You tell someone to 'cut to the chase' when you want them to just get to the point of what they are telling you, to leave out all the unnecessary details.
You tell someone to 'cut to the chase' when you want them to just get to the point of what they are telling you, to leave out all the unnecessary details.
Wednesday's Idiom
What's up?: What's new? What's happening?
"Hi, Mom. What's up?"
"Hi, Mom. What's up?"
Tuesday's Idiom
R and R: rest and relaxation (a vacation).
"I think you're working too hard, Bob. You need some R and R."
"I think you're working too hard, Bob. You need some R and R."
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Monday's Idiom
"Better safe than sorry" it is better to do something carefully ("safe") than to be careless and make a mistake that you are sad ("sorry") about later. Example: "Should I bring my umbrella?" Reply: "Better safe than sorry." Answer: "Okay. I'll go get it."
Monday's Cliche'
"Two wrongs don't make a right" means that it is never right to wrong someone, even if they have wronged you first. Their "wrong" plus your "wrong" together would not make a "right." Example: "That boy pushed me yesterday and I am going to get him back today!" Answer: "No you are not! Two wrongs do not make a right."
Thursday's Idiom
Make a killing.
-to make alot of money
Michelle made a killing selling jewelry this year.
-to make alot of money
Michelle made a killing selling jewelry this year.
Thursday's Cliche'
Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer. Watch your friends, but keep a closer watch on what your enemies are doing. Your friends could betray you, but you never know what you can expect with your enemies. Enemies are more lethal, because they are always scheming against you. Friends can still attack you, but they don't necessarily make you nervous or afraid.
Kissing
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the physically affectionate act. For other uses, see Kiss (disambiguation).
Romeo and Juliet kissing in a painting by Sir Frank Dicksee.A kiss is the touching of one person's lips to another place, which is used as an expression of affection, respect, greeting, farewell, good luck, romantic affection or sexual desire. The word comes from Old English cyssan "to kiss", in turn from coss "a kiss".
A teenage girl giving a boy a kiss on a cheek. Kissing is a complex behavior that requires significant muscular coordination; a total of thirty-four facial muscles and 112 postural muscles are used during a kiss. The most important muscle involved is the orbicularis oris muscle, which is used to pucker the lips and informally known as the kissing muscle.In the case of the French kiss, the tongue is also an important part. Lips have many nerve endings so they are sensitive to touch and bite.
In modern Western culture, kissing is most commonly an expression of affection. Between people of close acquaintance, a reciprocal kiss often is offered as a greeting or farewe ll. This kind of kiss is typically made by brief contact of puckered lips to the skin of the cheek or no contact at all, and merely performed in the air near the cheek with the cheeks touching.[11] People may kiss children on the forehead to comfort them or the cheek to show affection, and vice versa