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English Audio Request

bananaman
169 Words / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments


The Ball Is In Your Court:
It is your decision this time.

The Best Of Both Worlds:
There are two choices and you have them both.

The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall:
While the bigger and stronger opponent might be alot more difficult to beat, when you do they suffer a much bigger loss.

The Last Straw:
When one small burden after another creates an unbearable situation, the last straw is the last small burden that one can take.

The Whole Nine Yards:
Everything. All of it.

Tie the knot:
To get married.

Til the cows come home:
A long time.

To Make A Long Story Short:
Something someone would say during a long and boring story in order to keep his/her audience from losing attention. Usually the story isn't shortened.

To Steal Someone's Thunder:
To take the credit for something someone else did.

Tongue And Cheek:
humor, not to be taken serious.

Turn A Blind Eye:
Refuse to acknowledge something you know is real or legit.

Recordings

Comments

Subito
July 22, 2010

It's "tongue IN cheek," not "tongue and cheek." ;)

bananaman
July 22, 2010

well spotted! yeah, 'tongue in cheek' is the correct phrase. I should've proofread all these idioms before posting. It's a shame there's no edit feature on RS, once you post an audio request/comment it's pretty much set in stone. no re-editing features on this site. Come on RS, we want edit/delete functions...sort it out! Anyway, thanks for making another great recording Subito & for spotted the mistake :)