pick

The Talmud

If one says to thee, "Thou art a donkey," pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.

No categories:

'The Talmud' on video

Subscribe to: Famous Quotes

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

in the saddle

[in the saddle] adv. or {adj. phr.} In command; in control; in a position to order or boss others. * /Mr. Park was in the saddle when he had over […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Donkey's years

[Donkey's years] {n.} (Donkey's ears) a very long time. In reference to the length of a donkey's ears. Sometimes abbreviated to, "donkey's". British slang (Wikipedia)

take heed

[take heed] {v. phr.}, {literary} To pay attention; watch or listen carefully; notice. * /Take heed not to spill coffee on the rug./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

saddle shoe

[saddle shoe] {n.} A white shoe with a black or brown piece of leather shaped like a saddle across the top of the shoe. * /Mary wore bobby socks and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

Recent updates:

Joan Welsh

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time--pills or stairs.

bender

[bender] a drinking binge.

[B&] "Banned"

Idioms to Learn Today

Flashcard learning set.Check yourself now!Try flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.Set includes the following […]

home plate

[home plate] {n.} The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score. * /The runner slid […]

not bad

[not bad] or [not so bad] or [not half bad] {adj.}, {informal} Pretty good; all right; good enough. * /The party last night […]

hot number

[hot number] {n.}, {slang} A person or thing noticed as newer, better, or more popular than others. * /The boys and girls […]

salt of the earth

[salt of the earth] {n. phr.}, {informal} One who helps to make society good and wholesome; a basically good or valuable […]