Keep eye on the Ball
Dressed to Kill
Meaning from idiommeanings.com
(idiom) dressed very nicely, extravagantly, or elaborately
Chock-a-block
Aidan: Wow! That was a great meal! Don’t you think?
Ogie: Yeah, you can say that again.
Aidan: Time for a dessert!
Ogie: Oh, no, I’m chock-a-block ..phew!
Aidan: Okay! One Chocolate Ice Cream please! i’ll order some Vanilla ice cream and pudding
Ogie; No-no- wait!
Ogie: It means, I’m full, no more food please.
Aidan: oh, Okay, I’ll eat your portion then.
from:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Chockablock
chock-a-block or chock·a·block (chk-blk)
adj.
1. Squeezed together; jammed: The cheering fans were chock-a-block in the stands.
2. Completely filled; stuffed: “I recommend the north shore chowder, chockablock with pieces of seasonal fish” (Charles Monaghan).
3. Nautical Drawn so close as to have the blocks touching. Used of a ship’s hoisting tackle.
adv.
Chock: a hall that was chock-a-block full.
Not my cup of tea
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Panel 1
Ogie : Sitting with a serious face trying to do his homework
Aidan: Hey , How is it going with your homework
Panel 2
Ogie : Sigh – I don’t know, man. Accounting is really not my cup of tea. I’ve been trying to solve this for ages
Aidan: I see
Panel 3
Aidan: I think rather than tea you better drink some milk, my mom always said it helps to concentrate
Ogie :I’m not drinking tea …
Panel 4
Ogie : It actually means I don’t really like doing accounting, but having a cup of tea with milk is common in some countries.
Aidan: Really? I thought you use milk only with coffee. Let’s have a cuppa then!
Ogie : Sounds good! I need a break anyway.
From thefreedictionary.com
not one’s cup of tea
Fig. not one’s choice or preference. (Used to describe an activity you do not enjoy. Can sound somewhat affected.)
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 8,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 15 years to get that many views.
Catching somebody’s eyes
Panel 1
Aidan is chasing Danny they are running from left to right Behind Ogie. Ogie is wondering why
Danny: “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Panel 2
Aidan is still chasing Danny from left to right. Again Ogie looking over his shoulder in amazement
Danny: “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Panel 3
Aidan: Huffing and puffing
Danny: Peeking behind Ogie’s back
Ogie: What are you doing?
Aidan: Mr Eddie the principal asked me if I catched Danny’s eye , I should tell me him to go to Mr. Eddie’s office. But Danny kept running away. it’s hard to
catch his eyes if he keeps running
Panel 4
Ogie: It’s means if you Grab danny’s attention!I think you already did, You heard that Danny?
Danny: Yeah, i’m going now
From the Free Dictionary.com
1. Fig. to establish eye contact with someone; to attract someone’s attention.
2. Fig. to appear and attract someone’s interest.
