Have you heard of these compound nouns?
OFF-COLOUR
Eg: He's feeling a bit off-colour today.
A TURN-ON / TURN-OFF
Eg: Her smile is a real turn-on, but her bad breath is a real turn-off.
RED-EYE
Eg: He went to L.A. on the red-eye from New York.
TO TWO-TIME
Eg: I think he's two-timing me.
NO-BRAINER
Eg: The first question in the Math exam was a real no-brainer.
LAID-BACK
Eg: My wife is so laid-back.
MIND-BOGGLING
Eg: Basketball players in the United States get mind-boggling sums of money.
Do you know what they mean?
Check your answers on 2 July
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It never rains but it pours
Proverbial Meaning: When bad things happen to us, other bad things seem to happen at the same time - one after another.
Literal Origins: When it rains it never just rains a little, but pours down. Bad weather generally makes people unhappy, so the thought of lots of rain is similar to the thought of lots of misfortunes.
Common Usage: This proverb is very well known and often quoted when someone experiences a run of bad luck or misfortunes.
Proverbial Meaning: When bad things happen to us, other bad things seem to happen at the same time - one after another.
Literal Origins: When it rains it never just rains a little, but pours down. Bad weather generally makes people unhappy, so the thought of lots of rain is similar to the thought of lots of misfortunes.
Common Usage: This proverb is very well known and often quoted when someone experiences a run of bad luck or misfortunes.
TRY THIS TONGUE TWISTER
A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Paty!
ReplyDeleteI guess that "He's feeling a bit off-colour" means that "He's feeling ill". Am I right?
This blog is really nice! =)
xxxx
Hey Paty,
ReplyDeleteVery different those! Are they common in day to day conversation? Would them be appropriate to say in Australia? Do you think that the Australians would understand them?
Hi Teacher :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I am reaaly looking forward to finding out what these expressions mean ;)
By the way, I will try to guess the meanings (I swear I am not cheating)
NO-BRAINER, in my opinion, sounds like some easy thing because you would not have to use your brain for doing it LOL
I guess when a person is OFF-COLOUR, she's a little bit sad but not that sad
A LAID-BACK person, for me, is a very lazy person
That's it. I'll be back on July 2nd to check out if I'm right
Kisses,
Mariana
FCE - PatrĂcia
*really, sorry
ReplyDeleteI swear it was a typing mistake :)