A“perspicacious” student may understand that alongside the phraseto bite the dust, he can useto kiss the dustandto lick the dust, as well. Furthermore, he is acquainted with the semantic meaning of the idiom:die or cease to function or exist. What about its pragmatic meaning?Whoorwhatdi...
idiom: as a sign of respect for People bowed in homage to the king as he passed by.Examples of in homage to in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those ...
have the ball at one’s feetTo be in a strategically advantageous position; to be in the driver’s seat. In the British game of football (American soccer), whoever has the ball at his feet has the power to call the shots. This expression can be used in regard to politics, personal ...
b. to stop or delay the progress of. c. to end a telephone call by breaking the connection. n. 35. the way in which a thing hangs. 36. Informal. the precise manner of doing, using, etc., something; knack. 37. Informal. meaning or significance: to get the hang of a subj...
The idiom “Hua Di Jiao Zi”, telling the story of the mother of Ouyang Xiu, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, ___345___ taught her son how to write and paint by using a stick to draw and write on the ground covered in sand, ___346___ (indicate) that sand panting has a...
The living, active word of God brings continual refreshment and renewal to our understanding as we seek to perceive its meaning in the historical context so as to rightly determine the application looking forward from there. “For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His...
strike will kill aghul. It does not necessarily die immediately — it has time to taunt its opponent into striking again. But getting hit again will sort of negate the first blow, and it will take many more hits to kill theghul(“one thousand blows” might be an idiom or exaggeration)...
[idiom meaning “no matter what”] Decision is the key! Decide to take a risk, and pursue an adventure. Decide to spin the plates, and keep picking them up, try again, spin ‘em, drop ‘em, try and try and try again. DECISION spawns DESIRE. This is the dynamic duo one needs to...
mid-’80s smash for Jackie Chan—his highest-grossing movie up to then—should be remembered for many things: its euphoric fight scenes, the playful way it has with lit sticks of dynamite, the successful transplantation of Harrison Ford’s treasure-hunting Raiders persona to a foreign idiom. ...
It isn’t exactly what pseuds would call High Art. All of which is precisely the point. If cinema is the perfect escapist medium—and until someone invents a virtual-reality device that works, it will be—then action movies are its purest expression, the best way we know of for humanity...