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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, August 15, 2012

To go down like a lead balloon


To go down like a lead balloon

An Afghan man carries colourful balloons to welcome the country's athletes back from the Olympics.
An Afghan man carries colourful balloons to welcome the country's athletes back from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photo: Massoud Hossaini

Today's Phrase

If something you say or do goes down like a lead balloon, it is disliked or badly received.
For example:
David's joke was in very poor taste. It went down like a lead balloon!

The news of Jenny's engagement went down like a lead balloon when she told the girls – they cannot stand her boyfriend!

The job cuts will go down like a lead balloon when the workers are told about them.
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