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Well, I think that now you all know about my insane fool love for the fruit of sin...yeah, I really have a thing about it, I can't do help it, it's not my fault:-/...damn!I don't remember (or I prefer to forget) where it comes from...I believe it's a bit my mother's fault..when I was a child she was continually giving me apple paps and juice saying that the little gorgeous fruit was good for me - I would really shoot the one who said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away!! Anyway, things were not so bad in the past, I just had to close my eyes and swallow- simple stuff! Then one day I accidentally run into the source of all this big lovely mess..and I stop here, no need too go further.
What a curse,a long-lasting curse,I wanna free myself from it right now (shouldn't I?)!
Anyway, apples, if bad for my health, are certainly good for my learning! I want to show how this word is used in idiomatic english expressions and what meaning it has..have fun!
- "How do you like them apples"? = what do you think about it? It is an AM english idiom expressing bemusement. For more infos click there.
- "She's apples!" = everything is all right (okey dokey,hi hi!!) It's used in colloquial Australian . I love this one, though she's not apples for me ('specially when thinking about apples!!). Need more infos? Drop in here!
- "Everything is in apple-pie order" = everything is tidy and well-ordered. Apple-pie,yummy!
Now look at these entries, they're rather different in meaning (I told you, apples are weird!)
- apple sauce = "it's all talk",nonsense, rubbish.
- apple polisher = toady.
There are other expressions in which "apple" is used, e.g. when something is "as American as apple-pie",meaning that it's typically American, or when someone is "the apple of sb's eye", meaning that she/he is very important to s.o.
Well, now I it's my turn! Since one of the purposes of this e-xperience is to become more creative, I want to give birth to a new expression, a way of being: apple-junkie. I'm an apple-junkie, do you know what I mean;-)?
Anna
5 comments:
Hi Anna!!
I am very (positevely) struck by this idea of yours to check on your 'beloved' apples from a linguistic viewpoint! That's smart of you! I found it interesting and funny at the same time :) What a shame I had no obsessions like yours when I was a child!! ;)
However... I still do not understand well why you are so persecuted by apples... But there's no doubt, you're an apple-junkie!! :D
Hi Sara, it's nice to see that someone seems to understand me!But please, don't say that you regret not having an obsession like mine!Lucky you..maybe wanna take up mine:-)?
See you on tuesday,have a nice Sunday!
Ps: do you like Nine Inch Nails? They're going to play on 26 june in Milan..I do love them,if you'd like you may come with me!
Ehm... no, unfortunately I do not know Nine Inch Nails... I've already heard this name but I have never listen to their music! I have still so much to learn about music :( So, I'll have a look in the web and then I'll let you know! Are you sure you won't come to see Placebo?? I think I'm going for sure, by the end of this week I'd like to get the tickets!
Oh my God... Anna, you're so obsessed with apples! Hihi, I had a looot of fun reading the expression you found! But you seem not happy at all in having this... passion? obsession?... I don't know how to call it. Why do you consider it so bad? I'm really curious...
To Sara: I'd really love to come and see Placebo,I love them, but unfortunately my cousin decided to get married right on that day!! I think that I won't be able to do both things and,though trying,I'll arrive too late:-(!Anyway,I hope you'll enjoy it as much as you can..remeber to enjoy it for me too;-P!
To Vale: Happy you enjoyed, apples inspire me, hi hi!This is a masochistic love turned into an hopeless obsession..I'm screwed forever, but I like it all the same;-)!
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