Showing posts with label idioms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label idioms. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2007

IDIOM of the Day: "Monkey's Uncle"


As in, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" This phrase means, "That's amazing!" or "I never would have beleived that!" A person says this of themselves only, and it is always meant to imply that the speaker is amazed or surprized by what they have just heard. It originally comes from people being amazed at Darwin's Theory of Evolution, which set forth that human beings and monkeys evolved from the same common ancestor.


Learn more English idioms at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

Thursday, April 26, 2007

English Idioms! Item One: "Birthday Suit"

Words and Images is a great blog for learning English idioms and slang words through pictures. For example, click on the photo above to go to the blog and learn what "birthday suit" means in English