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Rezbipul Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Meanings required
What do the following things mean?
1. Big nose (in figurative sense)
2. Big foot (in figurative sense)
3. screwball comedy
4. high five (except for its use in the game)
1. Big nose (in figurative sense)
2. Big foot (in figurative sense)
3. screwball comedy
4. high five (except for its use in the game)
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The first two I have not heard as idioms (unless you mean 'nosy' - a person who takes too much interest in another person's business). e. jokes about farting).
- The first two I have not heard as idioms (unless you mean 'nosy' - a person who takes too much interest in another person's business).
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- jokes about farting).
- A high five is where two people hold their hands high and slap them together.
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The first two I have not heard as idioms (unless you mean 'nosy' - a person who takes too much interest in another person's business).
Screwball comedy is one that relies a lot on physical humour and slapstick, also 'vulgar' comedy (i.e. jokes about farting).
A high five is where two people hold their hands high and slap them together.
Screwball comedy is one that relies a lot on physical humour and slapstick, also 'vulgar' comedy (i.e. jokes about farting).
A high five is where two people hold their hands high and slap them together.
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You're right, 'big nose' and 'big foot' are not idioms. I haven't heard of 'screwball comedy' and I wasn't sure that a 'high five' was one or not (idiom, that is).
But surely there are more important features of idiom people are always forgettinga bout, like you can't say 'more or fewer' or 'more or little', it must be 'more or less'. These are the kinds of things people nowadays need to kno
But surely there are more important features of idiom people are always forgettinga bout, like you can't say 'more or fewer' or 'more or little', it must be 'more or less'. These are the kinds of things people nowadays need to kno
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Is 'high five' synonymous with 'give sb a five'?
I heard the first two from tv. So possibly they are idioms (may be not used that much or have become obsolete).
I heard the first two from tv. So possibly they are idioms (may be not used that much or have become obsolete).
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