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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, December 9, 2013

DAILY IDIOM on the back burner

on the back burner


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Meaning: If a plan or a project is on the back burner, it isn't being worked on at present, but it might be completed in the future.
For example:
  • Plans for the new factory have been put on the back burner until the economy improves.
  • It's a great idea, but we're too busy to look into it now so we'll put it on the back burner for a while.
Origin: Probably metaphorical, from cooking and the fact that most stoves have front and back burners. Front burners are used for things that need attention now, while back burners are for things that don't need much attention just now.

Quick Quiz:
We'll put the project on the back burner for a while because
  1. it's a terrible plan
  2. we've already tried it
  3. we're too busy just now
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