10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT KNOW WHETHER ONE IS COMING OR GOING»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The first phrase dates from about 1400. not know whether one is coming or going
. See under COMING OR GOING. not let the grass grow under one's feet . See
DON)T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER ONE'S FEET. not lift a finger Refuse to
...
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Not know whether one is coming or going: completely perplexed or confused.
John has so many supervisors giving him conflicting directions that he doesn't
know whether he is coming or going. Not know which way to turn: confused;
puzzled; ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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Kierkegaard's Writings, III, Part I: Either/
Or
And when one's thoughts are so confused that one does not know whether one is
coming or going, God has not forgotten even the slightest thing one has prayed
him to remember; and if it were not so, everything would be a matter of ...
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The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time
In anxious flight, one does not know whether one is coming or going, whether
one wants life or death. As we shall see again in chapter six, evil, the moral
equivalent of sickness, refuses the general economy of forces and demands itself
.
... makes one shudder,101 lt sounds [lautet] so awful and makes such a
confusing din that one does not know whether one is coming or going, io:
Therefore it is particularly reasonable for everyone to tune his cornett and
sackbut carefully in his ...
Michael Praetorius, Jeffery T. Kite-Powell, 2004
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
not know whether one is coming or going to be in a dazed or bewildered state. [
OE cuman] comeback t n a return to former success, or to the stage, etc. after a
period of retirement or obscurity: stage a comeback. 2 a retort. 3 an opportunity
for ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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FRENCH IDIOMS (FRENCH GRAMMAR): THE MOST POPULAR FRENCH ...
... infinitive to not be at all grateful to someone for... ne savoir où donner de la tête
to not know whether one is coming or going ne savoir où se mettre to not know
where to put oneself se savoir + adjective to know that oneself is + adjective Ça, ...
... + V) have one's head spin; not know whether one is coming or going; be dazed
; see stars from a blow to the head /SYN. ma-no-ma- the qay ve (Elabadv + V)/ ba
-la-vT e" qay ve (AE + V) a. id. b. grow dim (as at twilight) qa-ve-vT-ve (Elabv) ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
have it coming to one to deserve the (unpleasant) fate that befalls one. not know
whether one is coming or going to be in a dazed or bewildered state, up and
coming promising; progressing well, comings and goings >pl n, colloq arrivals
and ...
侯成源, 侯艳红. cross one' s fingers t cry over spilled milk deep down f* do not
know whether one is coming or going do the footwork ( for ) ?f Don' t be silly drag
one's feet It drink like a fish drive someone nuts drop the course duck the issue ...
