Words & Sayings of the Day from English Club
- mark off (2)If you mark off an area, you show where the boundaries are with lines, strings, or other markers. ... read more
- Let the dead bury the deadThis is generally taken to imply that we should spend our time and energy on living people, not on dead ... read more
- under wrapsbeing kept secret, esp. a plan or new products ... read more
- pick up the tab | pick up the billIf you pick up the tab, or pick up the bill, you pay for yourself and your friends in a ... read more
- break upIf you break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you end your relationship with him or her. ... read more
- Pay beforehand was never well servedIf you pay for a service before you receive it, you will not get good service. ... read more
- beefa conflict with someone; a complaint against someone ... read more
- going great gunsIf you're going great guns, you're going really well in whatever you're doing. ... read more
- unstuck(in phrase to come unstuck) to fail, to have plans not work as intended ... read more
- par for the courseIf something is par for the course, it's what you'd expect it to be. ... read more
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If you mark off an area, you show where the boundaries are with lines, strings, or other markers. ... read more
This is generally taken to imply that we should spend our time and energy on living people, not on dead ... read more
being kept secret, esp. a plan or new products ... read more
If you pick up the tab, or pick up the bill, you pay for yourself and your friends in a ... read more
If you break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you end your relationship with him or her. ... read more
If you pay for a service before you receive it, you will not get good service. ... read more
a conflict with someone; a complaint against someone ... read more
If you're going great guns, you're going really well in whatever you're doing. ... read more
(in phrase to come unstuck) to fail, to have plans not work as intended ... read more
If something is par for the course, it's what you'd expect it to be. ... read more
Funny Quote of the Day (Brainy Quote)
- Jules Renard"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." ... read more
- Rodney Dangerfield"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her." ... read more
- Jackie Kennedy"A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane." ... read more
- Sinclair Lewis"People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'" ... read more
- Fran Lebowitz"My favorite animal is steak." ... read more
- Les Dawson"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own." ... read more
- James Joyce"Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America." ... read more
- Sean O’Casey"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed." ... read more
- Don Marquis"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'" ... read more
- Kin Hubbard"Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet." ... read more
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." ... read more
"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her." ... read more
"A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane." ... read more
"People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'" ... read more
"My favorite animal is steak." ... read more
"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own." ... read more
"Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America." ... read more
"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed." ... read more
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'" ... read more
"Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet." ... read more