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[Terry]

Ребят, подскажите, как перевести "moonlighting"?
видимо сленг, птч в контексте сапсем не тянет на лунный свет.

[Aurum]

what is "Emancipation Proclamation" ?

and who is a "wop"?

Это Декларация об освобождении рабов. Abraham Lincoln wrote the "Emancipation Proclamation" , which freed the blacks in the South from slavery.

[Aurum]

I want to hear some idioms

Мне нравится идиома: "Penny wise, pound foolish." К сожалению, это слишком часто можно применить в жизни. Слишком.

[Котик]

Penny wise, dollar stupid - the US version

[Котик]

2 terry
moonlighting 1) совершение каких-либо действий ночью ( обыкн. незаконных ) 2) уничтожение по ночам посевов и скота 3) совместительство, работа в двух местах, подрабатывание на стороне

[Terry]

спс
just in time

[asselkin]

Does anybody know the expression "the hole nine yards". I saw the move but also i've read a book ""Jack and Jill" where one the personage said "Yes. It's hole nine yards"

"Jack" "Jill" are the nicknames of US President and his wife which are used by Presedent Sercurity.

[Jazie81]

What does "feather in a hat" mean?

[КАРРА]

Does anybody know the expression "the hole nine yards". I saw the move but also i've read a book ""Jack and Jill" where one the personage said "Yes. It's hole nine yards"

It means ?everything?. It?s a nautical term.

[Jazie81]

I'm really bad on idioms.

[КАРРА]

What does "feather in a hat" mean?

Also ?feather in a cap?, I believe it means a completion of something. Like a last detail to something. Does it make sense?

[КАРРА]

I'm really bad on idioms.

You just need more practice..

[Web_Surfer]

Check the big brain on Kappa's Must b some kinda linguist, uh? Never succeeded to memorize them, idioms - any fascinating practices how to manage them?

[BAWIR$AQ]

what is "Emancipation Proclamation" ?

Это Декларация об освобождении рабов. Abraham Lincoln wrote the "Emancipation Proclamation" , which freed the blacks in the South from slavery.

thanks!!

[Dice]

The Baptist Cowboy

A cowboy walks into a bar in Texas, orders three mugs of Bud and sits
in the back room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes
them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes
flat after I draw it, it would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in
Australia, the other is in Dublin, and I'm in Texas. When we all left home,
we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days we drank together.
So I drink one for each of my brothers and one for myself." The bartender
admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a
regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and
drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice
and fall silent.

When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender
says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my
condolences on your loss."

The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns and he
laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my
wife and I joined the Baptist Church in Sweetwater and I had to quit
drinking ...................
Hasn't affected my brothers though."

[Dice]

One more, I like it most!

Subject: Visa application


Q: Your name please?
A: Abdul Aziz Mohammed
Q: Sex?
A: Yes. Two times every week.
Q: No no. I mean, Male or Female?
A: Not matter. Sometimes also camel.

[gasmatic]

Кто-нибудь использует в разговоре какие-то выражения или словечки из "их" сленга?
Например - bla bla bla / oops / sucks / rulez

А то как же! Обязательно. Кстати очень помогают когда нужных слов не хватает...

[КАРРА]

Check the big brain on Kappa's  Must b some kinda linguist, uh? Never succeeded to memorize them, idioms - any fascinating practices how to manage them?

Thanks. I?ll take it as a compliment. For the record - I am not a linguist, I just live in the States and hear the idioms often?.

[Web_Surfer]

Check the big brain on Kappa's  Must b some kinda linguist, uh? Never succeeded to memorize them, idioms - any fascinating practices how to manage them?

Thanks. I?ll take it as a compliment. For the record - I am not a linguist, I just live in the States and hear the idioms often?.

That WAS a compliment on ur knowledge of idioms in fact . Cuz myself I can't remeber them - maybe lazy to learn maybe it's my small brain that refuses keep 'em inside - I only guess the meaning during conversation

Now dear KAPPA (as a guru of idioms ) wud u tell the meaning of this one:
"to eat one?s cake and have it too"??? - лутсе на русском, а то я чот не въеду в енту едиому

[xerurg]

asselkin
KAPPA

Всё верно, только "The whole nine yards"