pick

G.I.

G.I. or "government issue" {n.}

An American soldier.

After the war many GI's were able to get a free education.

Categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'G.I.' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

See as well

at issue

[at issue] {adj. phr.} 1. In dispute; to be settled by debate, by vote, by battle, or by some other contest. * /His good name was at issue in the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

free enterprise

[free enterprise] {n. phr.} A system in which private business is controlled by as few government rules as possible. * /The United States is proud of its free enterprise./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

take issue with

[take issue with] {v. phr.} To be openly against; speak against; disagree with. * /He thought his boss was wrong but was afraid to take issue with him on the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

American Accent Training

A starting point to explore free video lessons on American accent. www.english-slang.com

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

Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate

I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough.

crack down

[crack down] {v. phr.}, {informal} To enforce laws or rules strictly; require full obedience to a rule. * /After a speeding […]

on the side

[on the side] {adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. In addition to a main thing, amount or quantity; extra. * /He ordered a hamburger […]

Things are looking up!

[Things are looking up!] Informal way to say that conditions are improving. * /Things are looking up at our university as […]

throw out of gear

[throw out of gear] {v. phr.} 1. To separate the gears of (a car or some other machine) when you want to stop it. * /When […]

Josh Billings

(1815-1885) U.S. humorist The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

to a T

[to a T] or [to a tee] {adv. phr.} Exactly; properly. Often used with the verb 'suit'. * /This hat suits me to a T./

Dead Tree Edition

[Dead Tree Edition] The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms.