English Idioms

Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Buzz

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In an entertainment context, "buzz" means the amount of popular discussion about a subject . This discussion is not by movie criti...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

We Have A Situation

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A  common line in dramas, this cannot be taken literally because everything  is a situation. The implication is that we have a bad  situatio...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

"Make My Day"

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Doubling as a famous quote, "Make my day" is urging someone else to provide an excuse for a violent confrontation, which will prov...
Monday, August 23, 2010

"Did You Get Him?"

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In American action movies, to "get" someone is to successfully kill or make unable to fight an enemy in a gunfight . This use wa...
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