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phrase meaning - What does the dog who caught the car mean? - English . . . Stephen Colbert likens Trump team to the dog that caught the car Trump and his team, he continued, are “like a dog who spent his whole life chasing a car — now he has to drive the car ” Entertainment Weekly article Does this most generally mean what Wordspy says? Also, is my reading of Sam Harris' use of it to mean "dead dog" right?
Get in or Get into the car - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Get in and into the car both tells you to go towards the inside of the car However, from my experience "get in" is usually merely a shorthand for "get into the car", or spoken while you are inside the car to someone outside the car
Suped-up: is it a real idiom (vs souped-up) Etymology soup (drug injected into a racehorse to improve its performance) First Known Use 1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1 M-W Earlier example: What is the maximum speed of this engine when it is standard and when it is ' souped up '? "Variety of Questions Regarding Maxwell" in Motor Age, Jan 19, 1922
The car is pretty slick sleek - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In most contexts "That's a pretty slick car" would be a compliment But "You have your pants on backwards, Slick" uses the term in a pejorative fashion And there's a significant difference between the meaning of "slick" (in the non-pejorative sense) and "sleek"
Why is there so much pulling involved in English driving? to pull in (intransitive: to arrive at a destination or come to a stop) to pull away: e g , maneuver the vehicle out of its parking spot and resume driving Do these phrases have some (common) historical origin (such as, being pulled by a horse before cars were motorized), or did I miss some very general meaning of "to pull" when learning English?
Automobile vs car: How are these two words different? The two term came into use meaning "a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; " about the same year (1895 1896) I agree with you that automobile may sound less colloquial, car is the more used expression
meaning - What is difference between renter, tenant and rentee . . . Most of the responses here are apparently based on British usage In the US, "tenant" is the one who pays rent and occupies the space, "renter" is the same (more or less) as "tenant", as is "lessee", and "landlord" (or "lessor") is the person to whom you pay the rent "Rentee" is rarely seen, if at all The choice of terminology is based to a degree on whether the property is under long-term
How do I say my car is broken idiomatically? [closed] 2 If your car were sitting dead at the side of the road, an American would probably say "My car has broken down " If your car were then towed to a mechanic, who told you that the motor needs replacement, you might say "My car is broken ", although there are other possibilities
I have got a car (Present Simple or Present Perfect?) In many cases the two end up being almost synonymous (having acquired a car implies now having it), except for a nuance in meaning emphasising the process of obtaining it or the state of currently owning it
Whats the US slang term for following someone in a car? on someone's tail a police car stayed on his tail: CLOSE behind, following closely, (hard) on someone's heels From those examples, stalk adds a whole slew of other implications to it, trail is similar and sounds awkward to me, hunt, hound, and dog also add implications Pursue is also a good one, but isn't quite slang, is it?