Je ne sais quois

[Titalian]

I used to tutor ESL to Asian (mostly Chinese and Vietnamese) students. The idioms of English were the hardest thing for them to understand.

"I laughed all the way to the bank"

"Over the top" (was asked by a student, "how can it be over the top when it is the top?")

"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle"

"skeletons in your closet"

These things were very difficult to teach.

Thank you MissCroft for your sound of reason. You are definitely je ne sais quoi !

 

[DB123]

I guess some just don't get it. :eyebrows:

...agreed

 

[Buick Mackane]

Thank you MissCroft for your sound of reason. You are definitely je ne sais quoi !

Mais oui, Mademoiselle Croft has that I don't know what. :thumb:

 

[MissCroft]

Miss Croft, we have ways of making you talk. Resistance is futile!

No one can resist the diddler!

I have resisted many diddlers.

 

[diehard]

sans souci

 

[Buick Mackane]

A little trivia.... The term "I'll be a monkey's uncle" was first said/published in a newspaper during the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' in 1925.

They tested mouthwash on monkeys?

 

[lomotil]

Cherchez la femme !