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English slang

English slang

Date: Aug 16 2007

Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: Michella

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Hi everybody (;

I would like to start a lesson, where we share all the slangs we know in english :b

 Like this: It's a piece of cake!

Means: It's easy / it's nothing...

 

So.. Join if you would like to learn more of these (; 

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MUHAMMAD87

MUHAMMAD87Super Member!

United Kingdom

I would like to share you these idioms:


1- “I see eye to eye with you “which means I agree with you 


2- ” It costs an arm and a leg ” which means it is extremely expensive 


3- “Every cloud has a silver lining ” means you should never feel hopeless because difficult time leads to better days.



All the best for you guys :)

03:25 AM Jul 03 2015 |

Armita20

Armita20

Iran, Islamic Republic Of


  1. couch-potato means sb who is lazy

09:11 PM Jul 02 2015 |

qazal24iran

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi guys.I’m qazal 24 female from north of Iran and I’m here to find a friend in other place with native English speaking, I’m in starter level


if you have telegram app , save my number and call me


00989365764283

12:29 PM Jul 02 2015 |

iphone5

iphone5

Saudi Arabia

e.g. “Big gun”
Means a powerful guy
As in a sentence ” don’t worry you can depend on that big gun”

11:51 PM Jun 30 2015 |

3哒卟溜

China

i’m going to make a presentation next week ,and the topic is english slang.

07:37 AM Mar 11 2011 |

Nathan

Nathan

United States

I would be more than happy to give everyone a couple slang terms!

Drop  you a line= To give you a call (telephone, e-mail)

-Forget about it!= Do not worry about it

I do not mean to beat a dead horse= I do not mean to cover a topic that has already been covered.

 

05:45 AM Aug 29 2008 |

1 person likes this

dil hari shrestha

Nepal

hi i am dil from nepal can i make u friemd

06:10 AM Aug 28 2008 |

dil hari shrestha

Nepal

hi i am from nepal i ma dil can i make u friend

 

06:09 AM Aug 28 2008 |

Omar - Friendly

Saudi Arabia

Also you can say these phrasal verb

 Open up
– Start to talk freely about something
– Open a shop or business for the day
– Allow goods into a market

 ---

 Mess around
Not be serious, play with something
- Treat someone badly
- Have a sexual relationship outside marriage or a permanent relationship

----

 Mess over
- Treat someone badly

 

Laughing

11:41 PM Aug 27 2008 |

Omar - Friendly

Saudi Arabia

You can say " I'm down with you " it's means " I'm agree with you " Cool

11:30 PM Aug 27 2008 |

ahmed20016

ahmed20016

Sudan

cool

11:09 PM Aug 27 2008 |

juanqaraman

Syrian Arab Republic

 Hi Michella . My name's Juan Qaraman from Syria . I'm a teacher of English . I'm 28 years old . I'm so pleased to be friends and be in touch in order to learn about English . I wanna thank you about this information and waiting to more from you . Thnk you

Juan Qaraman 

 

10:09 PM Aug 27 2008 |

juanqaraman

Syrian Arab Republic

hi Michella .I’m Juan Qaraman from Syria . I’m 28 years old . I’m a teacher of English . I wanna to thank you about this lesson and I want you to be friends and be in touch in order to improve our English by taking your opinion and sharing in various subjects related to English . Thank you .
note: This is my e-mail address :
mob: 0096321932968688
tel: 00963212323001

10:01 PM Aug 27 2008 |

fizzi

fizzi

Pakistan

jhi i want to add a slang

On pins and needles , means very excited

eg: the childeren are on pins and needles thinking about there holiday trip

06:09 PM Aug 27 2008 |

justaman1980

Turkey

thx for usefull words l want you to teach us daily slang but that is not regional and special between two people.

08:58 AM Feb 12 2008 |

avinashsingh00

Iraq

hi

how are you ! your first efort is heartely nice .i faith you will do better like a piece of cake ..be friends …

08:05 AM Jan 12 2008 |

AlNaqbi

AlNaqbi

United Arab Emirates

hi ….

what we are looking for ?

07:22 PM Dec 28 2007 |

salman366

salman366

Pakistan

Tooth and nail

means: Full power / powerful

Example Sentence: Our soldiers fought tooth and nail.

 

08:03 AM Dec 23 2007 |

salman366

salman366

Pakistan

By and by

 means: Slowly slowly

Example Sentense: By and by he recovered from illness.

08:01 AM Dec 23 2007 |

salman366

salman366

Pakistan

It's nice to see this topic.

07:53 AM Dec 23 2007 |

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