Fun Idioms

1- Horse Sense:

def: common sense
www.discovery.org/a/2823
Horse Sense
The Debate In Washington State About Bestiality Is Actually A Fight Over Human Exceptionalism
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2- Beefcak

def: a handsome guy

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_200203/ai_n14947822
WHERE'S THE BEEFCAKE?(Changes in Men's Health magazine)(Brief Article)

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3- a bird brain

def: a fool
www.instructables.com/forum/Being-a-bird-brain-isnt-so-bad-after-all---Singi/
Being a bird brain isn't so bad after all: Singing in the Brain...song birds n songs, people and speech...

Ad

news
http://www.jeffooi.com/Ad_Iceberg02.jpg
darfur: is a region in Sudan
Advertising tachniques: beauty appeal

reloj
http://www.bsodmike.com/gallery2/d/12490-2/Ad150.jpg
right away: immediately
unconventinal: Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary
Advertising techniques: escape

moto
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/Motorbiker_photos/NewsPics/oldNewsPics/BMW-K1200R-Ad.jpg
Advertising techniques: nurture

daguerreotype

def: an early form of photography co-invented by Jacques Daguerre [1789-1851]
e.g: Miniature case art - daguerreotype cases
*http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_2_156/ai_55487314

lost out

def: to fail or be defeat
e.g: How schools lost out on Midway dealThey once owned property -- but sold it to city for peanuts
* www.suntimes.com/news/brown/885009,cst-nws-brown09.article

hassle

def: an unpleasant task or chore that is harder than it should be.
e.g: Tenant Union offers tips to eliminate summer sublease conflict, hassle
*http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/04/09/News/Tenant.Union.Offers.Tips.To.Eliminate.Summer.Sublease.Conflict.Hassle-3312131.shtml

5 new idioms

A/1- to egg someone on
2- www.us.playstation.com/new/editorial/86
3- It's weird, when you have to think about what you say to egg someone on and how pathetic it sounds.
4- to cheer s.o. do something dangerous

B/1- have a cow
2- www.slate.com/id/102293
3- Do not have a cow, Europe
4- do not be angry

C/1- green thumb
2- www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll
3- Mercedes' Green Thumb
stop-star tecnology slated for entire line-up
4- a talent for gardening, the ability to make things grow

D/1- to leaves a bad taste in your mouth
2- www.nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/12
3- Padma Leaves a Bad Taste in Fiamma's Mouth
4- to be upset with s.o

E/1- to have two left feet
2- www.healthyandfitmagazine.com/archive/2008/032008_01.php
3- Dancing always look easy when you watch someone else do it but when it's your turn to hit the floor you have two left feet.
4- Do not have talent to dance