Tuesday, January 12, 2010

WORD of the day

Commonly used idioms:

(To) eat one's heart out: When you say this, you’re telling someone else to go ahead and be jealous of your achievements.
~ "Eat your heart out, Joe, I closed 15 tickets today!”

Everything but the kitchen sink: Almost everything one can think of.
~ “They brought everything but the kitchen sink to the hotel with them!”

Knock it off! When you tell someone to knock it off, you’re telling them to stop.
~ “Knock it off with all that noise you’re making, Steve, it’s driving me crazy!”

Wet blanket: A person who discourages others from having fun.
~ “Frank went to bed early instead of going to the party with us—but then he always was sort of a wet blanket.”

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