idioms in other words

[Olga]

Hi again to everybody! I have another idea or practising English:Yahoo!:

One person gives a sentence with an idiom, whereas others are trying to put it into normal words. You may also try and replace one idiom with another. This task can be a real challenge

So the first one is coming:

You can't have your cake and eat it.

Hmm? How to say the same n other words

[mecruh]

I understand this game but I havent enough englısh to say words

[Olga]

Mecruh, then you can thik of your own example

[mecruh]

ok OLga I will think and ı will write in a week

[Olga]

So, Mecruh? Have you got any ideas?

[mecruh]

nooooo sorry I have no ıdea....maybe you can help mee........

[Olga]

Hi again Mecruh! How are things going? Smoothly I hope

So thr sense of that proverb is that very often we have to make a choice and choose between things, to decide what is more important for.

Have you ever had to make such a choice?

[Rita]

Hi again to everybody! I have another idea or practising English:Yahoo!:

One person gives a sentence with an idiom, whereas others are trying to put it into normal words. You may also try and replace one idiom with another. This task can be a real challenge

So the first one is coming:

You can't have your cake and eat it.

Hmm? How to say the same n other words

Наверно можно так сказать:
If you ate your cake already you can't eat it again.

Похоже на высказывание какого-то философа, что дважды в одну реку не войдешь.

[Алина]

I think this idiom means that one can/t do quite different things simalteneously. Am i right?

[коля123]

it means you can't have everything you want.... I'm pretty sure...

[Kit]

My idiom:

There’s no such thing as a free lunch

[Kit]

The early bird catches the worm
Кто рано встает, тому бог подает

Еще идиомы - http://www.5english.ru/englishhelp/sayings.htm

[Kit]

Beating a dead horse

If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.

[Kit]

Ants in your pants

If someone has ants in their pants, they are agitated or excited about something and can't keep still.

[Kit]

"Cock in the henhouse"

This is used to describe a male in an all-female environment.[/quote][/b]