sâmbătă, 14 ianuarie 2012

And now ...a couple of English idioms explained !

1) not for love nor/or money = if you say that you cannot or will not to do something for love nor for money, you mean that it is impossible to do or that you will not do it whatever happens.

Examples: a) It is incredibly popular. You can not get tichets for love nor money.
                b) He is hopeless and unreliable. I would not give him a job for love nor money.

2) I must/I'll love you and leave you= ( humorous) something that you say when you say goodbye to someone that you are leaving. 
Example: a) Well, I'm sure you've got work to be doing so I'll love you and leave.

3) go live= if a new system, especially a computer system, goes live, it starts to operate.
Example: Our new payments system will go live at the beginning of next month.

4) live and breathe sth= if you live and breathe an activity or subject, you spend most of your time doing it or thinking about it because you like it so much.
Example: For twenty years I've lived and breathed dance.It's been my whole life.

5) live in a fool's paradise= to be happy because you don't know or will not accept how bad a situation really is.
Example: James is living in a fool's paradise if he thinks things are always going to be this good.

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