[ mantelpiece ]

[nq:1]Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana.[/nq]
Yes, but none I'd use outside the Public Bar.
DC

[nq:1]Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any.[/nq]
Don't drop the Coleman white gas lantern or you'll have to pick up the mantle pieces.

[nq:2]Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've ... but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, but none I'd use outside the Public Bar.[/nq]
Heh. I had the same thought.
The only (other) thing that comes to mind is "mantelpiece clock" - the meaning of which should be fairly obvious - a clock which is suitable for standing on the mantlepiece.

What does it mean?
I'm from Poland and I can't understand it.
If you want, send me it by email.
ana.
Uzytkownik "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' )" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci

[nq:1]Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've searched all my dictionaries and also internet, but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana.[/nq]
The definition of mantelpiece is a shelf above a fireplace. If you have never seen a fireplace, think of a shelf above a window. Decorative items are usually put on top of the mantelpiece where they can be easily seen from everyw

[nq:2]Hello, do you know any idiom with word 'mantelpiece'? I've ... but I didn't find any. Thank for your help. ana.[/nq]
[nq:1]The definition of mantelpiece is a shelf above a fireplace. If you have never seen a fireplace, think of a ... what mantelpiece means as an idiom inside a public bar..(Oh, I get the drift. I also spell pronunciation correctly, finally!)[/nq]
To put folk out of th

Uzytkownik "Django Cat" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci
[nq:1]To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks at the mantelpiece when they're stoking the fire", and its ... of your teacher saying 'I know an idiom about mantelpieces, but I'm not going to tell you what it is'?[/nq]
Yes, my teacher said, that he would tell me this idiom at the end of the term.
I think that he though

[nq:2]To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks ... but I'm not going to tell you what it is'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, my teacher said, that he would tell me this idiom at the end of the term. I think that he thought exactly about this idiom. Thanks.

[nq:2]Don't drop the Coleman white gas lantern or you'll have to pick up the mantle pieces.[/nq]
[nq:1]What does it mean? I'm from Poland and I can't understand it. If you want, send me it by email.[/nq]
This is a different play on words. In gas lights and lamps there is a stiff gauze-like element called the mantle (note the different spelling) which glows bright white when hot and provide

Django Cat (Email Removed) ha scritto:
[nq:1]To put folk out of their misery it's "who looks at the mantelpiece when they're stoking the fire", and its ... of your teacher saying 'I know an idiom about mantelpieces, but I'm not going to tell you what it is'?[/nq]
If you one doesn't know its true meaning, it looks wuite innocent, though