meaning - What does “more cowbell” mean? Has it gotten the …
Oct 26, 2011 · Is either “more cowbell” or "clank a cowbell" getting (or has it gotten) currency as an idiom or a buzz word? The “cowbell” is clamoring for me to ask a spell of questions.
What does "leaves you wanting more" mean? [closed]
Feb 25, 2014 · I've seen some use this line with a different (more or less in an opposite sense) meaning. For eg. Excellent food, leaves you wanting more means that food is so good that you want more. What do you think?
What the meaning of "lot" here? [closed] - English Language
Oct 4, 2020 · His fortune or way of life (his lot) was to be in charge of others. whose pleasant lot it had ever been to command and to be obeyed = whose pleasant lot had always been to command and to be obeyed. The use of "it", referring to and emphasizing the immediately preceding noun is optional. If used it gives a more literate feeling to the sentence.
grammaticality - Is “Am I needing to. . . ?” grammatical? - English ...
The structure per se is grammatical, but it's one of these cases where quite a specific context is usually required to make the sentence sound acceptable. For example: "I bought a chemistry book last year. I thought I wouldn't need to read it, but now I'm studying chemistry I find that I am needing to read this book more and more".
phrases - what does 'live up to the buzz' stand for? - English …
Dec 24, 2014 · The buzz is the sound of many people talking about something, it's a playful slang idiom that generally means something is the subject of positive rumors. "Living up to the buzz" is indeed fulfilling expectations --the expectations created by those rumors. In this case, the phrase is used especially because bees also make a buzzing sound.
Meaning of "don't ask don't tell" - English Language & Usage …
Apr 24, 2011 · It's actually fairly common in relationship contexts, such as a "don't ask, don't tell" arrangement a married couple might have about extra-marital affairs during business trips. "I won't ask, and I don't want you to tell me" is the meaning. It may have been adopted due to the military term's currency, but it is not (any longer) a metaphor or reference to the military policy about …
"Do you want" vs "Do you not want" - English Language & Usage …
Aug 30, 2014 · The second question directly appeals to the kid's temptation to drugs, which is an easier way to get him into doing drugs, rather than simply asking- "Do you want some drugs"? Notice the kid's reaction after the second question.
Is there a comparative form of "well"?
May 9, 2016 · Is there a word that means "more well", in the same way that "better" means "more good"? In common parlance most people just use "better" for this purpose, but this sounds wrong and is a nagging irritation for me. "Better" is an adjective while "well" is an adverb, and so they're strictly incompatible in how they can be used.
How to say "and more!" in a more professional sense
Oct 20, 2018 · AND MORE!’ is thus an advertising device for manipulating one’s audience, while avoiding responsibility. This implies that there cannot be an equivalent of that phrase that is suitable for serious, professional/academic writing, because in such writing one is expected to assume full responsibility for one’s words, and be candid with one ...
differences - "X times as many as" or "X times more than" - English ...
This essential difference is ignored by those who say that ‘times’ is dominant so that ‘three times as much’ is really the same as ‘three times more than’. Of course, the fact that “more than” indicates a difference doesn’t alter the fact that “times more than” indicates a …