" She and her son walked everywhere.One day her son started coughing badly.He had an asthma attack.All the walking was making his asthma worse."
what is the meaning of " All the walking was making " ?
Hello,
I am trying to translate one of Ring Lardner's short stories, The Golden Honeymoon, for my graduation thesis, and I had some difficulties with the old slang he uses in his work. I have a few words and idioms, and although I found the basic explanation for them, I need some further assistance in establishing the right description for these concepts, so I can find the right equivalent.
What is this expression: "In the offing"?
I found it on idiomcorner.com under phrases but I think it's more of an idiom... does anybody know what the difference is between idioms and phrases?
how's flower to tell us . . .
is that mean "happy to tell" ?
thanks
I was watching Mary Poppin while the protagonist said: "Winifried, never confused efficiency with a liver complaint!" in an angry tone.
What does it mean? I really confused ..
Hi everyone!
A friend of mine sent me a link of a song- "For love of you"
There is a sentence in that song:"For love of you, I'm a sky on fire"
I really don't know what that means. Is it a metaphor? But for what?
what does it mean?
butterflies on my tummy?
and when to say it?
is it said normally from females to males??
thanks alot 
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Idiom: Pull your finger out
Meaning: Try harder / hurry up / Stop wasting time.
Example: "You'd better pull your finger out, you have to get all this work finished before you can go home."
Hi I would like this phrase is correct.
My friend have a rare book. If he lost it, it will be trying to find a needle in a haystack to find another one.
Thank you.
Yesterday I was listening to the English song and there was a phrase "The world is your oyster now...". As I understand it means "You are your own master and you can do what you want". I wonder what is the origin of such an idiom?
