you guys could save me. haha.

Okey.. haha the thing is that due sunday I have this gigantic essae that is supposed to be handed in.

It's not going very well. I am doing a research about sayings, Idioms and expressions and comparing the English and Swedish ones. how common they are etc. I've tried to search the internet for good websites to see if there exists any old researches to use, but I can't find any.

so, if you could answer these questions for me, it would give me some basics to stand on. And if you could write wich country your from as well, that would be awesome.

1. Do you use some idioms or sayings? (maybe blood is thicker than water, you can't teach an old dog new tricks etc)
2. Do you have a favorite one?
3. Where do you think these sayings and idioms are coming from?
4. I know that especially in English you use some strange word combinations like "bite me", haha why would I bite you?! okey, I know what it means but do you know any more expressions like that?

And I'm sorry for my potential terrible English, but I'm kind of stressed out.

I will love you forever if you help me with this.

I know you've probably searched the web for sites and such, but I found this site that gives you idioms, what they mean and an example...you can browse through them and pick a few. http://www.english-idioms.net/wm/main.cgi


1. Yeah, I probably do use idioms occasionally, but I don't really notice when I'm saying them. It's just sort of natural. You hear your parents say a few and suddenly you're saying them all the time. Like, my dad says "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" ALL THE TIME. (http://www.english-idioms.net/cgi-bin/idiom.cgi?idiom=six%20of%20one%2c%20half%20a%20dozen%20of%20the%20other) And then there are things like "the grass is always greener", or "too many cooks spoil the broth" They're all the sorts of things we randomly say around my house...it's so strange, it just comes out.

2. I think my faves are "Kill two birds with one stone" , "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth",

3. I have no idea. I know sayings and such have to come from somewhere, but no-one ever explains it. You pick them up as kids and then suddenly you know them.

4. I can't really think of any others like that, except maybe "shut up"/"get out", used in a a "no way" type ....eg. "You got the new CD? Shup up!" ... Think Mean Girls movie/American teenager movies.


I hope that's helped a bit. The website I linked above really does have a good list of them. Unfortunately there are a LOT of idioms out there. I don't know how many you need.
by the way, I'm in Australia.

thank you thank you thank you! it's great!

thank you thank you thank you! haha

You're welcome. Glad I could help you out

I rarely use english idioms, as my native language is greek, but there are some really cool!

What does "bite me" means? I've heard it a couple of times, but I couldn't figure out the meaning....

It's sort of like telling someone to F**k off or to go to hell, or something. Sort of a rebellion thing.

lol, that's cool! Haha, i'll use it....