Idioms [ the game ]

monkey on someone's back - load, I guess
getting the monkey off your back - to get rid of the load, I guess

Vaskor, is it a 'free rider on your neck'? Something anoying and hard to get rid of?

I'd say 'something hard and unpleasant you are responsible for doing and it will be nagging at you until you get rid of it'

Сообщение отредактировал(а) Vaskor - 8.02.2007 - 16:47

It means to beleive in something without any doubts, totally.

Beats me

Yes, exactly.

I like an idiom "Bad scran to you!"
I think it is an inpolite abuse, but it is very expressive...

Check you idioms knowledge (or, how good you are in guessing )
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Idioms about TIME

We can think about time as something moving.

Time as a moving object.

A race against time (to fight against time) – an attempt to do something when there is little time to do it.
The villagers raced against time to protect their town against the flood.

Ahead of someone's time – having ideas and attitudes that are too advanced to be acceptable in the present.
Sue's grandmother was ahead of her time in waiting to study medicine.

Ahead of time – before the announced time.
If you want to get good seats arrive ahead of time.

Time flies – time passes very quickly.
Time flies when you have fun.
Illustration for the last one

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If someone wants to say 'at some time exactly', he (or she) can say:
at some time sharp
or
on stroke of some time.

For example,
The train arrived at midnight sharp. She went home on stroke of two o'clock.

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My favorite idiom so far.
We had a whale of time!

To know something by heart - знать наизусть.

To get the ball rolling - начать что-то, стартовать определенную деятельность. (Дословно: покатить мяч, или сделать так, чтобы мяч катился)

Например
Let's get the ball rolling!
Once you get the ball rolling it can continue on its own easily.

To drop the ball - ошибиться, упустить возможность. (Дословно: уронить/упустить мяч)

Например
He dropped the ball.

To be on the ball - быть внимательным, компетентным, знающим.

Например,
I rely on my co-driver to be on the ball.