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I'd bite his hand off means I would accept his offer without hesitation.
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| Sat Aug 26, 2006 13:25 pm Bite someone's hand off |
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Bite someone's hand off is an idiom that's completely new to me. I don't think I've ever heard it before.
So, if you travel to the US, I'd recommend not using it there. If Americans understand anything of the phrase at all, they'd probably be most likely to think you've simply screwed up the idiom "bite the hand that feeds you."
Tamara, what do you understand "bite someone's nose off" to mean?
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| Sat Aug 26, 2006 14:56 pm Idiom: "to be one's hand off" |
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Hi,
First item in Lord Google! Warms the cockles of your heart,doesn't it?
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| Sun Aug 27, 2006 14:25 pm Idiom: "to be one's hand off" |
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| Alan wrote: | Hi,
First item in Lord Google! Warms the cockles of your heart,doesn't it?
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Did you also happen to notice that "Lord Google" confirms the fact that this idiom falls into the category of "chiefly British"?
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I really don't understand your allergic reaction to mentioning things like this. I'm sure there are also a number of expressions used in the US that are unknown and/or not used in the UK. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just the way it is.
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In order to propagate this expression as accurately as possible, I think the title of the thread ought to be corrected.
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| Sun Aug 27, 2006 14:48 pm Bite his hand off |
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Hi Amy,
| Quote: | Did you also happen to notice that "Lord Google" confirms the fact that this idiom falls into the category of "chiefly British"?
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I really don't understand your allergic reaction to mentioning things like this. I'm sure there are also a number of expressions used in the US that are unknown and/or not used in the UK. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just the way it is.
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Allergic? I don't have any allergy in that respect at all. I'm afraid you've lost me. My sole purpose in quoting from Google was for a laugh. Clearly my little ruse failed.
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