Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Terms we take for granted

At our weekly staff meeting this morning our Korean pastor thanked one of the staff for teaching him a new American phrase while they were working on a project together.  The phrase was "play it by ear" and that got me thinking about terms we use that may have no meaning or a very different meaning to someone whose native tongue is not English.  Consider "You're toast!", "What's up?", "Give me five!", "That's my bag.", "Bring it home.", "Let's face it.", "You don't have a leg to stand on.", "Wrap it up.", "It's the cat's pajamas." - well no, we don't really say that one much anymore - but pajamas remind me of one of my favorites "You made your bed, now lie in it." and that's what I"m "off to do".  Good night, I'm going to "saw some logs."

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