Dec 25, 2016 · In the novel I'm reading there's the phrase "the gig is up," said to a villain who has just been caught. The form with which I'm familiar is "the jig is up." A gig as in a jazz performance? A jig that's a form or template for making an …

Jan 14, 2019 · I was reading a manga on Mangarock in English when I saw this idiom. Can you explain to me why the meaning of the idiom "jig is up" is "discovered in the act of dishonesty"?

A Google search turned up a number of candidates. With 28 letters, there are a few which can be made: Waltz job vexed quick frog nymphs (courtesy of Ronan) Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud There's at least one 27-letter pangram, which makes sense but is probably better thought of as a …

Your first, second, and fourth examples are all good and resemble sentences people say all the time. Number three, "I will pick up it", definitely sounds strange to me, though I really can't say why. If you replaced "it" with something specific, like, "I will pick up the pencil", it would be considered perfectly normal.

Feb 28, 2019 · Either 2 or 3 is correct. In the phrasal verb pick up, the object can come before or after the preposition. Oxford Learner's Dictionary provides this notation for the relevant meanings of pick up: pick somebody <-> up pick somebody/something <-> up The <-> means that the word before and after can appear in reverse order.

People do use the term in both ways (rightly or wrongly), so it is best to examine the context, to help you decide what is meant. However, without additional information from the context, I would say that the correct meaning is up to but not including. To express inclusion of the upper boundary, you can use up through instead of up to.

Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?

Nov 4, 2024 · According to the The Phrase Finder it is might be of military origin, but there is no real evidence to support this view: Inoperative; broken. The term is also used to mean fallen over (on one's back) Tits up: This is a 20th century phrase, probably of military origin. There's certainly no mention of it in print prior to WWII. It has been suggested that …

Jun 19, 2013 · The phrase made of is more appropriate when the material that forms the object is not described as consisting of discrete units or amounts, while made up of is more appropriate for a whole composed of several discrete units. The car was made of steel while The car was made up of various steel parts Boards consist of discrete individuals or groups of individuals (or the discrete entities they ...

Nov 1, 2013 · If I ask you to start with 1 and count up to 8, you'll likely say "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8". But, if I lay a Black, Blue, Red and Yellow marker in front of you and ask you to start with the Black marker and take the caps off up to the Yellow marker.