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meaning of "in the top half" | Yours very sincerely (Do you often end your letters in this way?)
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Idiom in newsletter Thu May 17, 2007 13:38 pm  Idiom in newsletter
 

Hi,

In yours newsletter ("Hope to hear from you!") I found this Idiom (I suppoesed to be idiom), what does they means?

"A far cry indeed from those"

"to bite your head off!"

"got a bee in your bonnet"

thanks in advance
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idioms Thu May 17, 2007 14:08 pm  idioms
 

Hi velectro,

I'll try to help.

Quote:
A far cry indeed from those
means a long, long time ago (from those times ...)

Quote:
to bite your head off!
means be very angry with

Quote:
got a bee in your bonnet
means you've got a fixed idea in your head and you can't stop thinking/talking about it.

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Idiom in newsletter Thu May 17, 2007 14:27 pm  Idiom in newsletter
 

Thank you Alan, can I ask you an example of use of this idiom?
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