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Subject: Idioms
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sisfreak2017 4.05.19 - 04:59am
Add your Idioms and their meaning:
For those not familiar with the term idiom .
Idioms are often used n every speech , being a group of perhaps unrelated words / phrase used with a literal meaning.
Eg:
Bend Over Backwards: Go out of your way to help someone.
Everybody knows and uses lots of these regularly , the clever people's probably use proverbs as well.
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sisfreak2017 4.05.19 - 05:00am
Sick As A Dog: Very ill , man/woman flue , hangovers etc 
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mikeymk 4.05.19 - 07:04am
Fkd if i know: I don't possess the required information * +
bozzalad 4.05.19 - 10:02am
All round the wrekin
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ogdenz 4.05.19 - 10:05am
As much use as Ann Frank's drum kit. Someone who is less than hopeless at something.
E.g. ''Jeezo Giant Haystacks you're about as much use as Anne Frank's drum kit at this Parkour malarkey''. * +
sisfreak2017 4.05.19 - 10:08am
The dogs back wheels:
Something very good, brilliant, the best etc.
Some people prefer to use the more blunt version 
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sisfreak2017 4.05.19 - 11:06am
Cry wolf A false alarm / lie * +
isunwun 4.05.19 - 11:07am
UK is in 'Devil's Paradise'. I'm sure we can create new idioms, right?
Devil's Paradise: an unpleasant condition with which you have little consciousness of how unpleasant or bad it is accompanied with narrow to impossible route of escape. * +
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