(会員) 11pm. Fri, Dec. 23, 2016 - News this week & Xmas idioms
1. There was a big fire in Niigata.
Nobody was killed.
Nobody died.
Almost 600 people were evacuated.
It’s a miracle nobody died/ nobody was killed.
Was it an accident or was it arson?
誰が悪かった？
Whose fault was it?
Who was at fault?
Who was to blame?
How did the fire start?
A 72 year old ramen shop owner left an empty pot on an open flame, and that caused the fire.
Luke Cage is a super hero on NETFLIX.
Sweet Christmas! = OMG!
We rationalize our overeating, etc. by saying, “Christmas comes but once a year.”
Proverb: “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”
to go cold turkey
He quit drinking completely. = He quit cold turkey.
Good things come in small packages.
Merry Christmas! / Happy Christmas!
Set phrase: The more, the merrier.
If someone gives you a present that is not very good, for example, they give you a t-shirt and it’s too small or they give you some food and you’re allergic, in that case you say, “It’s the thought that counts.”
“It’s the thought that counts. I really appreciate you thinking of me.”
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