Idioms in english

Wool over your eyes

Beating an barking a hot potato around the wrong tree...

It took only an arm and a leg to sit on a fence with a piece of cake, tasting your own medicine straight from the horse's mouth, but the method to my madness is on the ball.

It happens once in a blue moon, but it does!
Let me make a long story short and take the cat out of the bag, letting the sleeping dogs lie.

 - Elvis has left the building.


http://www.smart-words.org/quotes-sayings/idioms-meaning.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html

English website

Here is a link to a website I have build during my sparetime.
It is about Finnish-peruvian surf-hostel, in Peru.
Text is written by them, but corrected by me, so all errors are under my responsibility, so please help if you find anything at all. Send me email or message.

More (bad) words

Bad words:

mob torment,
mob was an italian organized crime, moved to New York. Gang.
torment, bullying, kiusaaminen
harassment, ahdistelu
abuse, nöyryytys
mistreat, väärinkohtelu
fagging was an old habit where older pupils used younger as servants
hazing is ritual harassmnet as initiation into group, leirikaste
ragging is like hazing in eastern countries like India.
dedovshchina, same in russia. "rule of the grandfathers (ded) "
assault, loukkaus
oppression, sorto excercice authority in unjust manner
burdened, raskautettu
ostracism, informal social rejection without processes of justice
parricide, murder of father
steadfast järkkymätön, päättäväinen
gutter-talk, tendency to use swear-words and insulting phrases
banter is intelligent and original way of speaking.
hi-jinks, unruly and sometimes hilarious fun
Tom Foolery, creating chaos, he does nothing but Tom Foolery anymore...
shennanigan, not true, lie.
denouement, conclusion, end solution
denounce, publicly state that someone is bad or wrong, syyttää
degradation, act of reducing in rank, alennustila, rappio
copious, on a large scale

Some words

These words were new or I took them here for some reason

ubiquitos = Kaikkialla läsnäoleva

perceive = havaita, havaittava

adverse = huono, heikko

palpitate = tykyttää

court = oikeussali

precedent = ennakkotapaus

endorce = kannattaa, vahvistaa

recession = taantuma, lama

disintegration = hajoaminen, purkautuminen

equity = pääoma

subsistence = toimeentulo

laborious = pahantahtoinen

necessity = tarpeellisuus

assert = väite

derived = johdettu, periytynyt

differentiation = erilaistaminen

clause = ehto, lauseke

seclude = eristää

deported = karkoitettu

malignant = pahanlaatuinen

threefould = kolminkertainen

fatige = uupumus

These I knew already, but did not use too often.

adequate = riittävä, kylliksi

anxiety = ahdistus

border = raja

cooperation = yhteistyö

concious = tietoinen

convert = kääntää

drastic = radikaali

distort = vääristää

divide = jakaa

distribution = levitys

duration = kesto

oppression = sorto

parallel = rinnakkainen

principle = periaate

prolonged = pitkittynyt

propotion = ehdotus, esitys

prevention = torjunta

trigger = laukaista

peculiar = outo, kummallinen

limitation = rajoite

hasty = hätäinen

idle = toimeton

illegal = laiton

immigration = maahanmuutto

mammal = nisäkäs

neuron= hermosolu

witness = todistaa

regulation = säädös, sääntö

supply = toimitus

tumor = kasvain

radiation = säteily

Some studies

English language is full of sayings that have some special meaning, they are never obvious, when you come from different culture. These beasts lie in most languages and they are usually called idioms, but there is also other names. For example, platitude is a shallow and meaningless statement: "Nobody is perfect", "better late than ever"... Term comes from french word plat, which means flat. Usually this cliche occurs at the end, as terminating thought. There is also so called winged words, (lentävä lause), proverb, adage or saying (sanonta), quotation (sitaatti) , aphorism (aforismi), cliche (fraasi)... just to mention few.

I start to collect some of these in here and try to find out something about them.

But first some little words, with some little words that change their meaning completely:

These little words are so handy that they usually have at least more than ten ways to use them each, and then there are these phrases too. This list is just for my personal use, so it is not at all complete, check any tesaurus for more.

AS ( = ruots: som, suom: kuin ) 

as many as ten thousand people ! (emphazised amount)

as and when the cows fly... (uncertain future event)

Yeah, as if! ( Informal, ironic way of showing untrust.) 

As of today, I know this.         ( indicate startingpoint of some timeperiod. )

as well, (= too) as well as (= and also)

ALL ( = ruots: alla, suom: kaikki ) 

all there - informal, she's quite not all there, 

at all (not in any way, to any extent)

for all (in spite of ) for all its clarity and style, the book was still difficult to read

in all (total number) there were 3000 people in all

one and all (everyone)

one day (some other day = that'll be the day = the day that never comes)

FROM ( = ruots: från, suom: elatiivista jostain ) 

from day to day, = daily, all the time, 

från dag till dag

päivästä päivään

from time to time, = occasionally

from now on, = now and in the future

TO (ruots: för, suom: illatiiviin jonnekin, saks: zu)

to a T  = to perfection 

to a man = without exeption

to a degree = to some extent

-to-be =   something of the future: my bride-to-be

ON (ruots: på, suom: adessiivilla jollakin, jonkin päällä )

on and on = continually, forever, too long

on and off = not continually, in short periods

what are you on ? = have you taken some drugs?

you're on ? = bet is accepted

on a wind = sailing against a wind ( luovia )

on a string = under control

on cloud nine = extremely happy (ten based heavens -system)

on fire = in flames, in a state of excitement

on foot = walking, no car or other vechiles

on hand = present, available

hold out on (refuse to give information)

hold out for (continue to demand for something with that price)