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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

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wet behind the ears Informal.


Meaning: If someone is wet behind the ears, they don't have much experience of life.
For example:
  • He's just finished high school, so he's still wet behind the ears.
  • Joni's still wet behind the ears and doesn't know how to deal with the other girls who tease her, but she'll soon learn.
Origin: Probably a reference to the inexperience of a baby so young as to still be wet from the birth.

Quick Quiz:
Young Bobby is still wet behind the ears, but he'll soon
  1. be dry behind the ears
  2. get some experience
  3. make new friends

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