idioms and meanings ^.^

• Barking Up The Wrong Tree: A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve.
• Cry Over Spilt Milk: When you complain about a loss from the past.
• An Arm And A Leg: Very expensive. A large amount of money.
• Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Stuck between two very bad options.
• Dropping Like Flies: A large number of people either falling ill or dying.
• Chip on his Shoulder: Angry today about something that occurred in the past.
• Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining: Be optomistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
• Great Minds Think Alike: Intelligent people think like each other.
• If It's Not One Thing, It's Another: When one thing goes wrong, then another, and another.
• Keep An Eye On Him: You should carefully watch him.
• A Piece of Cake: A task that can be accomplished very easily.
• Actions Speak Louder Than Words: It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.
• Apple of My Eye: Someone who is cherished above all others.
• Make No Bones About: To state a fact so there are no doubts or objections.
• Not Playing With a Full Deck: Someone who lacks intelligence.
• Method To My Madness: Strange or crazy actions that appear meaningless but in the end are done for a good reason.
• Queer the pitch: Destroy or ruin a plan.
• Practice Makes Perfect: By constantly practicing, you will become better.
• Sixth Sense: A paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the dead.
• Mumbo Jumbo: Nonsense or meaningless speech.
• Keep body and soul together: To earn a sufficient amount of money in order to keep yourself alive .
• Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures: When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions.
• Drink like a fish: To drink very heavily.
• Your Guess Is As Good As Mine: I have no idea.
• Water Under The Bridge: Anything from the past that isn't significant or important anymore.
• When Pigs Fly : Something that will never ever happen.
• You Are What You Eat: In order to stay healthy you must eat healthy foods.
• Zero Tolerance: No crime or law breaking big or small will be overlooked.
• To Make A Long Story Short: Something someone would say during a long and boring story in order to keep his/her audience from losing attention. Usually the story isn't shortened.
• Under the weather: Feeling ill or sick.
• The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall: While the bigger and stronger opponent might be alot more difficult to beat, when you do they suffer a much bigger loss.
• If It's Not One Thing, It's Another: When one thing goes wrong, then another, and another...
• Hat Trick: When one player scores three goals in the same hockey game. This idiom can also mean three scores in any other sport, such as 3 homeruns, 3 touchdowns, 3 soccer goals, etc. 
• He Lost His Head: Angry and overcome by emotions. 
• All Greek to me: Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be.
• Back Seat Driver: People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.
• Break A Leg: A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite.
• A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush: Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
• Back Seat Driver: People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.
• Devil's Advocate: Someone who takes a position for the sake of argument without believing in that particular side of the arguement. It can also mean one who presents a counter argument for a position they do believe in, to another debater.
• Good Samaritan:Someone who helps others when they are in need, with no discussion for compensation, and no thought of a reward.
• Last but not least: An introduction phrase to let the audience know that the last person mentioned is no less important than those introduced before him/her.
• Peeping Tom: Someone who observes people in the nude or sexually active people, mainly for his own gratification.
• The Last Straw: When one small burden after another creates an unbearable situation, the last straw is the last small burden that one can take.
• You Can't Take it With You: Enjoy what you have and not what you don't have, since when you die you cannot take things (such as money) with you.
• Cast Iron Stomach: Someone who has no problems, complications or ill effects with eating anything or drinking anything.
• A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand:Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.  Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out. 
• All Bark And No Bite: When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.
• Loose Cannon: Someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if not kept in check.
• Rome Was Not Built In One Day: If you want something to be completely properly, then its going to take time.

^.^ nice word . .

subject-verb agreement

d0 i need an s at the end of the verb?

or sh0uld i leave the s 0of?

in the present tense,singular verb end in the suffix s' plural verb d0 not.


SAMPLE ITEM
The foods that provide(a)good nutrition are(b)
often the least tasty; a hamburger and fries,
on the other hand, satisfy(c)the tongue but clog the arteries.

1. (a)provides
2. (b)are
3. (c)satisfies
4. (d)n0 change is necessary

• is need to be the plural are, which option B fixes.

Two [or more] singular nouns joined by and make a plural subject.

example:The chicken wing and lamb rib sit untouched on Ruth's plate.

• because there's no S at the end of sit, you know it's plural verb.

Agreement in a nutshell

• The elephant trumpets for a peanut.

elephant=singular subject

trumpets=singular verb

• The elephants trumpet for peanuts.

elephants=plural subject

trumpet=plural verb

when each or every precedes two [or more] singular nouns joined by and , you have a singular subject.

example:every chicken wing and pork rib sits untouched on Ruth's plate.

• because there is an S at the end of sit,you know it's a singular verb.