Although a truck is called lorry in British English, they have a different naming for this firefighter vehicle, after further reading it appears that the term fire engine is also used in the US (according to wikipedia)
Tag Archives: i get it
Sinking Feeling
Usually it goes
I have a sinking feeling that our team is going to loose in this weather.
Take a Leak
This idiom is very informal
Stand Out like a sore thumb
stand/stick out like a sore thumb
if someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they are very different from the other people or things around them.
Think outside of the Box
From Roel:
I think this already a common phrase, or isn’t, it?
Daylight Robbery
Give a Hand
Give somebody a hand to help someone do something, especially something that involves physical effort (often + with )
Everybody and their Grandma
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 Get it Comics in the spotlight
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
Green with Envy
from: Roel
I think no more explanation needed 😀
I Get It! 