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Events that rarely or might never happen. "Once in a blue moon " refers to a rare event. [8] "Don't hold your breath" implies that if you hold your breath while waiting for a particular thing to happen, you will die first. [9] Having to wait for something “until the cows come home”.
To hang noodles on the ears (‹See Tfd› Russian: вешать лапшу на уши) [a] is a Russian-language idiomatic expression that means to deceive or fool someone. [1] [2] According to journalist Alexander Kleimenov, in both Russian and Ukrainian, it is similar to the English expression to pull somebody's leg, [3] [4] [5] and author Jag Bhalla agrees.
Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
I hold a wolf by the ears: Common ancient proverb, this version from Terence. It indicates that one is in a dangerous situation where both holding on and letting go could be deadly. A modern version is "to have a tiger by the tail". aurora australis: southern dawn: The Southern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Southern Hemisphere.
The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard. The answer to this question depends on the definition of sound. We can define sound as our perception of air vibrations. Therefore, sound does not exist if we do not hear it. When a tree falls, the motion disturbs the air and sends off air waves.
Eating crow. Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, [ 1 ] used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. [ 2 ] The crow is a carrion -eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow. [ 2 ]
Idiom. An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense. Categorized as formulaic language, an idiomatic expression's meaning is different from the literal meanings of each word inside it. [1]