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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

Monday, July 9, 2012

up to your neck | up to your eyeballs


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Meaning: If you're up to your neck in something, or up to your eyeballs in something, you've got too much of it and it's become a problem.
For example:
  • I'm up to my neck in emails and I don't think I can get away at the moment.
  • Christmas is the worst time at the animal shelter. We're always up to our eyeballs in stray dogs and cats.
Quick Quiz:
If you're up to your neck in work, you
  1. have a lot to do
  2. have nearly finished it
  3. need a bigger office
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