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.

Two Is Better Than One :

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought
"Hey, you know, this could be something"

'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing

'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
Yeah, yeah

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought, "Hey,"

maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking
I can't live without you
'Cause, baby, two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
But I'll figure it out
When all is said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one



(Thanks to coco36154 for these lyrics and to babylynz101 for these corrections)

I remember what you wore on the first day  
You came into my life and I thought
"Hey, you know, this could be something"

'Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing

So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing

'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
Yeah, yeah

I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought, "Hey,"

maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
Maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking
I can't live without you
'Cause, baby, two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
But I'll figure it out
When all is said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one