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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

Sunday, June 19, 2011

KEEP YOUR ENGLISH ALIVE PRACTISING 20 MINUTES EVERY DAY: IDIOM: YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. 06-19-2011.


(your) hands are tied
Meaning: You can say your hands are tied if you're prevented from doing something that you'd normally have the power or the authority to do.
For example:
·                       The president says he'd like to spend more on schools in poor districts, but says his hands are tied by what he calls "budgetary restrictions".
·                       I'd really like to give you the contract, Mr Gambino, but my hands are tied because of those laws on giving contracts to people with criminal records.
Quick Quiz:
The guy in the bank who approves loans said his hands were tied and he
a. can't untie them
b.                       would be happy to give us the loan
c. couldn't approve our loan
  
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