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***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-18-2007, 01:15 PM

"a shot in the dark"

"a shot in the dark" A shot in the dark is a guess at the answer to a question when you do not feel that you know the facts. Example: "How did you know I was from America?" Reply: "Just a shot in the dark."
To take a shot is to guess at the answer. You are in the dark when you are not clear about the facts. You take a shot in the dark when you try to guess the answer to a question but you are not sure of the facts. Example: "That was a tough question. How did you get it right?" Reply: "I just took a shot in the dark."

When people do not know how to answer a question, you can encourage them to guess anyway, taking a shot in the dark. Example: "How old do you think I am?" Reply: "I have no idea." Answer: "Really, come on. Take a shot in the dark."

***suleymansk*** · 04-24-2007, 12:32 AM

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***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-24-2007, 01:56 AM

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***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-24-2007, 01:57 AM

"a slip of the tongue"

When you say something by accident - something which you did not mean to say - you have made a slip of the tongue. Example: "I didn't mean to say that! It was just a slip of the tongue." When you are walking and one of your feet slip, you lose your footing and sometimes you fall down; when you make a slip of the tongue, you misstep with your words (the tongue) and say something that you did not plan to say. Example: "Be careful talking to the police tomorrow; one slip of the tongue could get us into big trouble." Sometimes a slip of the tongue causes you a problem because you have said the wrong thing at the wrong time.

***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-24-2007, 01:58 AM

"a taste of your own medicine"

Someone gives you "a taste of your own medicine" when they act towards you the same way you act towards others in order to teach you a lesson about the way you are acting. If a man acts rudely to others, for example, acting rudely back to him would be giving him "a taste of his own medicine." Example: "Did you see those two people cutting in front of us in line just now? Let's cut in front of them and give them a taste of their own medicine!" Most "medicine" does not taste good; "your own medicine" is the way you act towards other people; you get "a taste of your own medicine" when you "taste" what it feels like for others to haveyou act towards them the way you do. Example (this is aggressive): "I saw you pushing my brother yesterday... maybe I should give you a taste of your own medicine!" It is like medicine because you think it is good for the other person to learn that they are treating others unfairly, even if the lesson does not taste good. Example: "He's always interrupting people when they are talking; what he deserves is a taste of his own medicine!" Example: "It looks like she got a taste of her own medicine."

***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-24-2007, 01:59 AM

"a toss-up"

When something is a "toss-up", we are not sure what the result will be. The analogy is to tossing a coin as a way of making a decision. When "flipping" (or "tossing") a coin there is a 50 percent chance that the toss will end up one way and a 50 percent chance that the toss will end up another way. When something is very close and we can't tell if it should be one way or the other, we say that it is a toss-up.

***ExCLuSiVe*** · 04-24-2007, 02:00 AM

"a wolf in sheep's clothing"

"a wolf in sheep's clothing" "A wolf in sheep's clothing" is a dangerous person pretending to be harmless. Example: "I want you to stay away from that boy. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing." "A wolf in sheep's clothing" is a person who plans to do something bad ("a wolf") while pretending to be good and innocent ("in sheep's clothing"). Example: "I do not trust the salespeople at that store. They are all wolves in sheep's clothing." In past times wolves had a reputation as wild and dangerous animals that hunted and killed sheep. "A wolf in sheep's clothing" is a very dangerous wolf because we do not prepare ourselves for the attack. Example: "She may look cute, but that girl is a wolf in sheep's clothing."

***BVA*** · 05-25-2007, 04:37 PM

Dear Exclusive,

Could you please continue your idiom lists? They are very interesting. Looking forward to learning from the updated lists.

P.S. This forum is great, thank you for creating such a great forum!

Thanks so much.