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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

IDIOM WITH PICTURE. 17-05-2011.


heads will roll

Meaning: You can say "heads will roll" if people are going to lose their jobs after making a mistake.
For example:
·                           How could the air force have bombed a school by mistake? Heads will roll, believe me!
·                           Have you any idea how much money this mistake will cost the company? You can be sure that heads will roll. 
Origin: Probably metaphorical, from the fact that the head of a person who has been executed by guillotine will roll around a little after falling into the basket below the blade.
Quick Quiz:
Our boss said that heads will roll, so I'm
a.  worried about my head
b. worried about my job
c.   worried about my roll
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