16:55 Mar 7, 2010 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 22:22 | ||||||
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4 +7 | Neither very common nowadays |
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3 +2 | two idioms, one still heard |
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4 | both still used |
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two idioms Neither very common nowadays Explanation: "Soft (or weak) in the head" is used occasionally. "The bees knees" has a distinctly nineteen-twenties or at least pre-war flavour about it. But both are still quite readily understood. This is from the UK point of view, but I doubt if the US is different. |
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