Some useful English phrases

[Jailbird]

Hi everyone!
Do you think it`s going to be a fun if we try to tell each other some proverbs, idioms, funny phrases in order just to enrich the vocabulary and the speech. Do you know any phrases??? Can you share them???? I`ll be the first then.
1. never swap horses while crossing the stream. Did you know that??? That means-you shouldn`t do some great changes at some unsuitable time.
example: I think you have to wait a bit with changing this apartment! Never swamp horses while crossing the stream!
2. to be at one`s moms-to be a newbie (like me at this forum)
3. one cannot put back the clock-you can`t return back back everything that`s passed.
Do you like it??? Do you know anything interesting?? Pease, don`t be silent, share you knowledge with others!!!
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Your Jailbird

[Torsten]

Dear Jailbird,

Where did you learn these idioms and phrases? At university? If so your teachers are really worth their salt. Do you know that one?
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to be really worth your salt ...

do you know that in former ages salt was equal to gold? because it was very difficult to make it from seawater or to dig for it in salt mines ... it was very expensive! such as gold.

here's mine:

Birds of a feather flock together.

[Jailbird]

[Torsten]

Hi Jailbird,

Please do share your favourite idioms with us
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[Jailbird]

[Jailbird]

And now something fresh for today )
1. to let the grass grow under one`s feet-it seems you know this one, but still, I like it.
2. a/the fly in the ointment-some difficulties that spoil some good & pleasant conditions making the enjoyment just impossible
3. couch potato-someone who spends a lot of time sitting in front of the TV-screen (any couch-potatoes here???)
4.hand over fist-enough or even more then enough
5. slower than molasses in January-very, very slow!
6. that accounts for the milk in the coconut-means that now everything is clear enough )
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Your Jailbird

[Torsten]

Hi Jailbird,

I'm quite impressed. You said earlier that you had learned some of your idioms at school. I think you already mentioned it but I'd like to ask again - when did you start learning English?
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[Jailbird]

[Torsten]

What do you want to do after university?
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[Jailbird]

[Torsten]

I read that the economic growth rate in Russia is about 7% which means that your economy must be booming. Would you say Moscow is an international city? When you walk through the centre do you hear people speak other languages than Russian?
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[Jailbird]

Speaking frankly, I meet some people who speak English, German, French and other languages. I remember one episode from my life, when I lost myself in the centre of Moscow searching for an unknown street & I needed a map. So I saw two Englishmen walking towards me with a map !!! I didn`t hesitate & jsut ran up to them & talked to them ) I was proud of myself though I didn`t find the street in the map ) It`s nice that some foregners come here to live. One day I found that there lives an Afro-American living in the house next to mine!!! It was so exciting! Later I met him and we became a kind of good friends )
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[Torsten]

So, Moscow is a truly international place. What about your university. Where do the students come from? Is there an international students club? What kind of summer activities are you pursuing?
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