Words & Sayings of the Day from English Club
- cheat out ofto get something from somebody by cheating them ... read more
- Never speak ill of the deadShow respect to people who have died by not saying anything bad about them. Since dead people can no longer ... read more
- beat boxto create rhythmic percussive sounds with your mouth, especially when accompanying rhymes or rapping ... read more
- come a cropperIf you come a cropper, you fall over, or you make a mistake which has serious consequences for you. ... read more
- jut outIf something juts out, it is further foward than usual or it sticks out more than usual. ... read more
- Birds of a feather flock together"Birds of a feather" means "birds of the same type". The whole proverb means that people of the same type ... read more
- nick (1)to steal something ... read more
- jump down your throat | jump all over youIf someone jumps down your throat, or jumps all over you, they strongly criticise you or scold you. ... read more
- Mickey Finn | Mickey | mickeya drink to which a drug has been added to make the drinker sleepy or unconscious ... read more
- on the ballIf you're on the ball, you're alert and you know what's going on around you. ... read more
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to get something from somebody by cheating them ... read more
Show respect to people who have died by not saying anything bad about them. Since dead people can no longer ... read more
to create rhythmic percussive sounds with your mouth, especially when accompanying rhymes or rapping ... read more
If you come a cropper, you fall over, or you make a mistake which has serious consequences for you. ... read more
If something juts out, it is further foward than usual or it sticks out more than usual. ... read more
"Birds of a feather" means "birds of the same type". The whole proverb means that people of the same type ... read more
to steal something ... read more
If someone jumps down your throat, or jumps all over you, they strongly criticise you or scold you. ... read more
a drink to which a drug has been added to make the drinker sleepy or unconscious ... read more
If you're on the ball, you're alert and you know what's going on around you. ... read more
Funny Quote of the Day (Brainy Quote)
- Paula Poundstone"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name." ... read more
- Groucho Marx"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." ... read more
- Bernard Baruch"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing." ... read more
- William Lyon Phelps"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget." ... read more
- Jane Wagner"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool." ... read more
- Flannery O’Connor"I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it." ... read more
- P. G. Wodehouse"There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine." ... read more
- Nora Ephron"Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be." ... read more
- Joseph Brodsky"Who included me among the ranks of the human race?" ... read more
- Wernher von Braun"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." ... read more
"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name." ... read more
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." ... read more
"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing." ... read more
"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget." ... read more
"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool." ... read more
"I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it." ... read more
"There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine." ... read more
"Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be." ... read more
"Who included me among the ranks of the human race?" ... read more
"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." ... read more