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Mnrz57 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

looking for an idiom

Hi
I'm looking for the right/funny idiom here

Imagine a device or something is not working then you ask someone to look at it, but once he come over, it works! Probably this happens a few times... as a native speaker, to make it funny what would you say here?

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Top answer

com/reference/dictionary/entry/gremlin ". There are gremlins in it.

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8 Answers
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I wouldn't associate "gremlins" with this phemomenon at all. I know what you mean -- the problem/noise goes away as soon as the repairman/mechanic looks at the appliance/car -- but there's no particular way of referring to it.
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however it's not what I meant but I learned something new and that's good... thanks Emotion: smile

Because in my culture when this happen
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I still think it's gremlins.
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Mnrz57however it's not what I meant but I learned something new and that's good... thanks Because in my culture when this happens we say something that meant to blame that device and that means it acts like this so that I will be labelled as a nerd
It took me until now to get what you meant. We have an expression similar to the one you describe—to make a monke
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Maybe eg 'This toaster has a mind of its own' ?

Meaning - It thinks for itself. Sometimes it decides to work, sometimes it decides not to work.

Clive
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Awesome...I think it's the answer!

thanks enoon for your effort to find the answer! Emotion: smile
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Thanks Clive, I really needed to learn this one as well Emotion: smile
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