English Expressions That Sound Odd To You

in your own words does not mean literally in your own words, it just means basically how you would translate something without using the exact word usage.

To whom it may concern, lol
Say whatever you feel b'cos it's not your fault nor mine.

Odd Expressions:

I wonder if you could help me get the idea with some of these expressions that I have come across through the learning process of the language and haven't found anwers yet.

Cupid cannon foder

I made up a story to try and get a rise out of him.

Be in digs.

On the rant.

Cut and lose.

Eye-in-the-sky.

Time shifted.

Slug.(in automotive terms)

Thanks in advance.
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I got this thing for Nigerians.

"Eye in the sky" is a term that has been used by radio stations to describe their traffic-monitoring helicopters. London's Capital Radio still has one by that name, I believe.

I hope I have helped you. Although do wait for other opinions to elaborate more.


DJ WALLACE.

All work and no play makes JACK a dull boy

, and that makes me wonder, why jack?,

why not TOM privates OR HARRY,

but then when they say

"Every Tom, privates, and Harry"

i wonder again, why them?

why not Every Jack, sombody, and somebody.

you see? who can please the world?

Saved by the Bell.

Odd, very odd indeed and the origin is quiet interesting.

Apparently, in the days of yore. . .people used to get buried alive, guess they couldn't tell if someone was in a deep sleep, in a coma or just old fashioned dead. If you made the mistake of not budging when they tried to wake you up, let's say because you were hungover from drinking too much to avoid having intimate relations with your spouse or maybe you took too many sleeping pills to. . .err. . . avoid intimate relations with your spouse, it's off to the grave for ya.

When these graves were later dug up. . .don't ask me why they would dig 'em up again, they noticed fingernails scratching on the coffin walls and thought "Oh freak! From the looks of things, I think. . .and this is just me thinking and I could be wrong but we may have buried someone alive!" So to avoid that little mistake, they decide to bury people with bells hanging in the coffin, so you sleeping off an all nighter, wake up in a dark confined space, have nothing to fear. . .just ring the bell and they'll coming-a-running to get you out. Hence. . .Saved by the Bell.

Now, you are probably thinking, wouldn't it have been much easier to. . .oh I don't know make sure the person they are burying is actually dead before sticking 'em in a coffin, right? I suppose they could have done that. . .but then where would we be if we didn't have the words "Saved by the bell" to ponder upon? Okay, We'll probably still be here but would we have something interesting to talk about? Yeah. . .more than likely we would.  Alright I give up, I've got no excuse for their stupidity.

Seriously though can you imagine waking up in a coffin after falling asleep on a satin feather bed? Yikes!

Sisikill, I love it when smart people begin to like me.

wow! thank God i didn't live in the days of the bell, because those nights when i ate too much, and my phone couldn't wake me for midnight call, my friend would have called my family and told them to bury me.

Most places do say "husband and wife"

please let's not forget "you cant have your cake and eat it?", in the words of Jay Z "if i got cake what the f*ck am i supposed to do?", darling Nigerians got so irritated by it that it's been twisted to "you can't eat your cake and have it", hehehe much better

"wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" , yippeeeeeeee now i can say "you can't eat your cake and have it" without thinking Mrs. Ogbonna (my English teacher) is going to withdraw my certificate, thanks mate,