English idioms explained in illustrated comic strips
From Roel:
I think this already a common phrase, or isn’t, it?
Grease Monkey: a person that is a mechanic
Homage to the first Transformers movie. Whilst the 3rd movie is already on screen since June 29.
Give somebody a hand to help someone do something, especially something that involves physical effort (often + with )
What you say when there are a lot of people.
usually only used when a lot of people have a certain article of clothing or in the same place.
Don’t use if with someone over the age of 60, or with someone you are trying to impress with your intellect. (The Urban Dictionary)
This was made on request by fellow member of the Komikoo website.
I bumped in to this site
A site that explains about idioms but more on where it comes from and how it gained it’s meaning, for example:
The art reminds me of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, it even has it’s own Iphone App 😀
Maybe i should say Hi, to professor Aidan Potts.
here is his site: http://www.professorpotts.com
Comics are considered “childish” or something not serious but for this group that consist of Mifta Anggi Angguni, R. Adelina Fauzie, and Lukki Retno Ambarsari from the Atma Jaya Catholic University, I Get It became a case study presented at the International Conference on Translation and Interpretation Studies or TransCon 2011 held by the The Applied English Linguistics Program (LTBI), Graduate School of Atma Jaya Catholic University(for further reading go here: http://ltbiatmajaya.blogspot.com/).
The Paper being presented is: The Analysis of Idiom Translation in Relation with Semantics Theory (Theory of Meanings) Case Study: Idioms Used in Comics
Miss Adelina presenting the team's paper
I haven’t got the details yet on how the presentation went or what is it all about, but probably I’ll be hearing more from the team in the near future.
Thanks to Miss Adel and friends
from: Roel
I think no more explanation needed 😀
play by ear
A machine or other object can be said to have a mind of its own if it seems to be controlling the way it behaves or moves, independently of the person using it
From Roel:
I remembered a commercial where the copier machine get’s back to the lady who kept hitting it. Must be on Youtube , so treat your machines nicely.
I Get It! 