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English Expressions Usage #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 04, 2004 15:43 pm   English Expressions Usage
 

Once again while I was watching a movie in English I heard a couple of expressions which I didn't understand. One of them was

I swallowed a bug

Here is the contest I heard it in:

Two guys were talking to each other at the pub, one of them was swearing when a girl come along to talk to the other guy.
So when the guy who was swearing realized she heard him, he said: I swallowed a bug... and took off.

I'm pretty sure it is something to do with the fact that it was swearing.

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Expressions #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 20, 2006 21:08 pm   Expressions
 

I couldn't find that expression other than in its literal meaning:

Quote:
How harmful is it to swallow a bug while running ? - Every so often, especially during the Spring or late Summer, while running outside I will accidentally swallow a flying bug! This happens when the insect swarms around my head and I inhale it! Is there anything I can do to avoid this from happening and how harmful is it to swallow a bug? - Bug Biter


But here is another colloquial expression with 'bug':

An obsession or craze.
Example: She caught the skiing bug.
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English Expressions Usage #3 (permalink) Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:57 am   English Expressions Usage
 

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It's not an idiom, Salvo -- he was just making an excuse for his bad language.
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