«LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK» İLE İLİŞKİLİ İNGILIZCE KİTAPLAR
like a shag on a rock sözcüğünün kullanımını aşağıdaki kaynakça seçkisinde keşfedin.
like a shag on a rock ile ilişkili kitaplar ve İngilizce edebiyattaki kullanımı ile ilgili bağlam sağlaması için küçük metinler.
Tom, a New Zealander living in Oxford, is feeling stifled and worn down by his rollercoaster relationship with the increasingly domineering Janice.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
These picturesque Aus. similes, dating from, resp., ca. 1925, 1935, 1945, bear
three distinct senses: Lonely, as in 'He shot through and left me sitting like a shag
on a rock'; conspicuous, as in 'It stood out like a lily on a dirt-tin'; incongruous, ...
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The Lady
on the Train: More Humorous Paddy Pest Yarns for ...
She was standing in full view: like a shag on a rock. In fact, she was a shag on a
rock. I was only twenty feet away from the mobsters: mounted on a small pony
called Gladys. It may have looked ridiculous to these spaghetti-eaters, but I had a
...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Accordingly, the phrase 'I feel like a shag on a rock' should be used very carefully
when speaking to a Brit.* Shaggy dog story A joke notable for the length of its
telling. Often the final punchline is disappointingly weak.* Shake a leg To dance.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... hang/hold on like grim death 633 have a face like the back end of a bus 500
know sth like the back of your hand 795 like a dose of salts 419 like a man/
woman possessed 1 1 03 like a shag on a rock 1311 like a streak of lightning
1437 like a ...
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
like a shag on a rock To be alone. like a stunned mullet Bewildered. like a ton of
bricks With great force. like a two-bob watch Unreliable or making a fuss. like an
old maid's pram Empty. like buggery No way. lily on a dustbin Someone or ...
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Phraseology and Culture in English
Australian birds provide the reference point in similes for loneliness and
madness, in all alone like a shag on a rock*, and mad as a gumtreefull of galahs*
.4 Both similes are motivated by the bird's social behavior – solitary in the first
case, ...
“And what will ye do about it, stuck there like a shag on a rock?” Leonado retorted
with a chuckle, continuing to advance on the cornered princess. She had
retreated to the rock face, and her frantic eyes met Alecsis's. Please save me!
they ...
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The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
... refer to a variety of situations, including being stood up by a friend (similar to
being LEFT LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK) or a sardonic reference to the glamorous
aspirations of many women tied to the drudgery of parenting and housework.
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Memoirs of
a Suburban Girl
Everyone was much older than you – you knew that straight away – and you felt
like a shag on a rock because lots of people hadn't bothered to dress up, in fact, a
lot of them were dirty looking hippies, which made you feel even more out of ...
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Brick's eyes focus on corporate regulation
The FSC's submission may have left it alone like a shag on a rock, but head of policy Andrew Bragg yesterday made it clear the group was in ... «The Australian, May 15»
Brothers in war: Why my grandfather wanted to fight Kaiser Bill
The only thing possibly worse than being in that front line would be being stuck out in front of it like a shag on a rock. So who were these men? «The Age, May 15»
Universities Australia, Clean Energy Council's lobbying lessons
It stuck out there, like a shag on a rock, for a whole fortnight, until Labor eventually agreed on Wednesday to the council's proposal that the RET ... «The Saturday Paper, Nis 15»
U-turn looms for markets or the economy. The question is, which one
Unfortunately, this is also leaving the dollar like a shag on a rock since the Reserve Bank was rather counting on the Fed to hiking and lifting ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nis 15»
Minister rejects criticism of Tony Abbott for using RAAF jet to go to …
Miszkowski, who told Fairfax he was “left hanging like a shag on a rock by the ALP when I ran”, and his brother Marks, who has changed his ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Gang-gang. Eyes Wild, Nostrils Flaring
As discussed here earlier this week, the forlorn Commencement Column Monument up on Federation Mall (like a shag on a rock) was intended ... «The Canberra Times, Mar 15»
Canada breaks with Australia to contribute to Green Climate Fund
16 Nov 2014 18:12. 26 27. Looking more and more like a shag on a rock every day. Reply | Pick. Report. jimbo67 Crowey1. 16 Nov 2014 18:15. «The Guardian, Kas 14»
Emissions deal: Abbott looks like a shag on a rock
But he wasn't expecting it would be the leaders of the United States and China who would leave him like a shag on a rock on climate change. «Sydney Morning Herald, Kas 14»
Australian slang: Your favourite examples
Like a shag on a rock - lonely or exposed. My all-time favourite - so much so, I used it for the title of my book! Unfortunately, thanks to the ... «BBC News, Haz 14»
Don't flog a dead parrot - leave Monty Python in the past
... Oscar Wilde and friends in Tite Street, the Australian philosophers — still stands out like a shag on a rock. As Terry Jones, playing the Prince ... «Spectator.co.uk, Kas 13»
