Mastodawn

My first waking thought on Monday morning was about the phrase "never look a gift-horse in the mouth". I wondered why I didn't know anything else about this gift-horse. What story or culture lies behind it? And why would the magical horse get so offended if I looked at its mouth: that's quite a weird hang-up when you think about it, and... oh, right, well, damn.

At that moment I remembered about looking in a horse's mouth (at teeth?) being a way of judging its age and condition, and realised that the gift-horse wasn't the unicorn/tooth-fairy/Father Christmas hybrid I'd always imagined, and was instead just a horse that had been gifted.

I feel robbed of the timeless tale of the gift-horse, and have been extra-grumpy about it all week. Sharing in the hope that a few others have made the same mistake, and are now just as upset. #MiseryLovesCompany

#til #EnglishLanguage #phrases #idiom

Jonathan Emmesedi 3d ago

It's "free rein", not "free reign".

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-free-rein-vs-free-reign

#EnglishLanguage #Usage #FreeRein #FreeReign

'Free rein' or 'free reign'?

The phrase does not make you king or queen for the day.

Shai

5d ago

Hi! I need help.
I'm looking for a native English speaker to help me practice for my interview on Wednesday.
I can't pay now because neither my husband nor I have a job. I had to quit a job where they were crushing my soul. My husband can't work because he's in the final stage of sclerosing glomerulonephritis, a chronic and degenerative kidney disease that requires him to undergo dialysis every four hours.
But I promise on my word of honor that if I get the job, I will pay $150 out of my first paycheck.
If you think you can help me pass my interview, and you're willing to lend a hand... I'm eagerly awaiting your response.

#fedihelp #mastohelp #englishlanguage #interview #helpinterview #practice
#teachers #englishstudies #students #englishchannelmigrantcrossings

Who Let The Dogs Out 🐾6d ago

"Ladies & gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. If you look out the right side of the aircraft you will notice flight 195 challenging us to a race. I've turned the fasten your seat belt sign back on because shit is about to get real."

#humor #EnglishLanguage #airplane

Who Let The Dogs Out 🐾6d ago

GETTING DRUNK IN ENGLISH

1. Sober — трезвый
2. Tipsy = buzzed — немного пьяный, поддатый
3. Drunk = pissed (British) — пьяный
4. Get wasted = dead = hammered — в стельку, мертвецки пьян, вдрызг
5. I've got a buzz going — Я собираюсь продолжить веселье
6. You look a state — ты выглядишь ужасно (British)
7. I've got a hangover = I'm hungover (British) — У меня похмелье
8. I'm hanging — у меня отходняк
9. You got blackout (drunk) — Ты был в отключке
10. You're double fisting = You're double parked — У тебя два стакана с алкоголем (ПРИВЕТСТВУЮ любой альтернативный перевод этой фразы)
11. I'm going out for (a quick) one — Я пойду пропущу стаканчик
12. to day drink — пить днём
13. to go drinking — пойти выпить
14. Designated driver (DD) — трезвый водитель (в компании друзей, будет развозить всех)
15. to make a toast to something = drink to smth — выпить за что–то

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xuTmq5msmOQ

#EnglishLanguage #drunk