segunda-feira, 21 de setembro de 2015

A JOB AND A HALF

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a bigger or more difficult job 







e.g.



Getting rid of bedbugs is a job and a half and I would rather 


move.


or




A girl is bikini-waxing her sister and then says while she is 


laughing : "This is a job and a half"



www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/124884-job-and-a-half

TAPPED OUT

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e.g.

I can't help you pay rent; I am tapped out!

or

Roxy says she is all tapped out, and that Nigel just 

bailed her out of a jam. Rex asks if Foxy Roxy's can be

remortgaged, but Roxy just laughs ...


tvmegasite.net/updates/oltl/2004/oltl-06-02-04.htm

segunda-feira, 7 de setembro de 2015

HOLD YOU TO THAT

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I WILL TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD



You tell me you can learn Chinese in two years? I will hold you to that. (promise)

or

"So you had better listen to me, because I swear, if I should fall before the end and you don't seem to be doing things properly, I'll get up again to give you a good finger-wagging."
"I'll hold you to that promise."
"You know, I think you'll be all right, even without my help."
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3244562