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English Idiom: On With The Dance (English Idion) (Volume 8)
English Idiom On With The Dance - English Idion - Volume 8 Author:David Bowen Part 8 in this series on the English idiom concludes my attempt to arrange expressions that are linked in some way and to see how well they dance together. How far such a metaphor can be extended is up to the reader, yet my comparison is hopefully human enough. On the dance floor a large man wheeling a small lady will appear awkward and the... more » reverse hilarious. Literary matching may also misfire. Have I learnt anything in the process? Mostly how much of our daily speech is ironical, Take,for example, what I was so often told as a child (and since!) 'You're a great help!' - meaning, in fact, the opposite? Just catch the tone of the speaker. The joke is always precariously on oneself in the colloquial if never in standard 'received English', so called:-- fine in itself but not something one can have fun with... and, oh dear, I shall be in trouble now with someone for ending my sentence with a preposition...so, for any who insist, something with which one can have fun. Get it right! Enjoy the dance.« less