USAGE: Cool idioms (was Re: Bibliography)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 27, 1999, 4:11 |
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Adam Walker wrote:
> >The grammars are still in preparation, and for all
> >I know, will remain in preparation until Easter and
> >Pentecost fall on the same day...
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> Is that a Dutch idiom? Whether it is or not I love it!
I second that! To all non-native-English-speakers, what other
idioms exist in y'all's languages that have that same general meaning?
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