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Apr 18, 2008 08:28AM
cover 'im up: To protect someone or cover up for someone.
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SHUT UP: this means literally to close your mouth and stop talking.Like i want lots of people to do.
"Born with a silver spoon in your mouth" means to be born into a family that has money.
"Cat got your tongue?" this means that you don't know how to respond to something that you just heard.
"Money burns a hole in your pocket" this does not literally mean that your money burns a hole in your pocket, it simply means that you spend your money constantly.
The day was going fast. This means that the time was going by fast.
A water snake slipped along on the pool. This means, that the snake moved along the water.
"george snapped"this doesnt mean that george actually snapped in half
this means that george got angry and freaked out. "he lost his temper" (another idiom) it means that he couldn't take it any more.
i like this idiom a lot particularly because i can relate to it, and it is very familiar. i have the hardest time saving my money and my mother always says, that i should. i think this is not only a good idiom but its also true.
Getting "fired" or "laid-off" from a job doesn't mean they light you on fire or make you lie down anywhere. "Fired" means they made you leave because of something you did, and "laid-off" means they "had to" take your job away.
"its a rap"it doesnt mean that whats happening is really a rap it means it over or done with
way in the evening to jungle-up neear water...I think this means to chill near the water.
Roll with the punches.Another way in saying just go along with what is going on at the time
" Work up a stake" Means to earn enough money.
To blow your stake: Mean to waste your money
" Pounding their tail on another ranch" Means to search and begg for another job I guess.
"Plug himself up for a fighter" means to boast about how good of a fighter you are.
"Pokin' your big ears into our business" means that someone is eavesdropping on someone else's conversation.
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You get that guap/ chicken,Breadthis means you get a lot of money.
"I need a twix"This means you need a moment to think about what your about to say.
"Cold Feet"This means someone who is getting married, has pre wedding jitters.
"you beat or you're hit"this saying means that there is a problem and you may not be able to get something.
"Bury me a G"An idiom used in on of Rap artist Young Jeezys' song. Knowing that someone can't be buried a "G", Jeezy uses this idiom to tell that he wants to be buried the way that he lives his like, a"G" (Gangster).
"I hate his guts"
An idiom used in the book not really meaning that he hates the persons actual guts, but that he doesn't like the person at all.
"If he tangles with you, Lennie, were gonna get the can."In this sentence George uses the term "tangle"not as to unite or knit together, but he means being involved in a fight with another person.
When George talks of getting the "can" he is not talking about being handed a "can", He uses the term to talk of how they would get dismissed from their job.
"duck soup"This means that something was easy/effortless.
"dumb bunny" This means that the person is very gullible.
"A dirty look" this means that it's a look that shows dislike or disapproval.
Cat House -That mean a strip club or whore house
Classic idioms are "I'm All Ears" or "That weight loss pill cost me an arm and leg".
"slim, will get canned now"In other words, getting canned means getting fired.
Lennie reluctantly reached into his pocket. 'His voice "BROKE" alittle"this means his voice faded away.
"Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?"- from Of Mice and MenThis means what is wrong with those two men.
-Chrissy (Progress iz Sucess!)
"He's bout to make powder"In the book I think it means that george was going to leave and never come back.
ANDAR PISANDO HUEVOSIS SPANISH AND IT LITERALLY MEANS TO WALK STEPPING ON EGGS..
WHICH IS LIKE "WALKING ON THIN ICE"
I CAN SPEAK $P@NI$H!!!
"just a stretch down the road,"i think it means you have a little distance to travel.
"you made your bed now lay in it"
i think this means that what's done is done and what ever you did you have to suffer the consequences.
"you get under my skin"
no not literally! this just means you irritate someone.
"roll out"
Ok we aren't gonna roll out of a room or something like that! this simply means to leave.
whatever floats your boat or whatever blows up your skirt...heeheehee
SPEAK UP.... MEANS TO SPEAK LOUDER, NOT TO LOOK TO THE SKY LITERALLY AND SPEAK UP!!!MAKE SENSE.... MEANS TO MAKE WHATEVER YOU ARE SAYING UNDERSTANDABLE, NOT TO ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE!!! YOU ARE ONLY BORN WITH GOOD SENSES!!!
THAT CAR COST ME AN ARM AND A LEG.... MEANS THAT WHATEVER IT IS COST YOU A LOT WEATHER IT BE MONEY, OR SOMETHING VALUABLE, NOT THAT SOMEONE CUT OFF YOU ARM AND LEG TO PAY FOR SOMETHING!!!{{THOUGH THAT COULD HAPPEN}}!!!
"If he tangles with you, Lennie, were gonna get the can.In this sentence George uses the term tangle not as being in a knot with another person, but being involved in a fight with another person. When george talks of receiving a can he is not talking about being handed an actual can. He uses the term to talk of how they would get dismissed from their job.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (other topics)
The Three Musketeers (other topics)
