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Jan 28, 2018 · American English. Nov 23, 2018. #9. "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." The first part is another way of saying "Don't sweat the small stuff" (a rather well-known quote from the book DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF...and it's all small stuff). It means don't worry about and don't get all worked up about unimportant things.
Apr 16, 2017 · English UK Southern Standard English. Apr 16, 2017. #3. Version (2) "I pity you" is the most idiomatic of the three, but as sdg implies (post #2), it can come across as condescending. Your original 'context' is probably the best way of putting it, I think: "I feel sorry for you".
Jun 13, 2021 · Jun 13, 2021. #4. While often used as if they were synonymous, 'envy' means that you covet something that you do not possess, while 'jealousy' is the fear that you will lose something that you do. So in your example, "I envy you' is correct, and 'I'm jealous' is wrong. However, the distinction is lost on a great many native speakers.
Feb 5, 2008 · Argue about something: you are arguing about an opinion or something philosophical, and which person is right. It is more abstract. "They argued about politics". "They argued about the meaning of life". In those two sentences generally argue over would sound weird. Argue over: they are arguing over some object (who gets it) or who has to do ...
Feb 2, 2022 · UK. English - England. Feb 2, 2022. #4. ain'ttranslationfun? said: how does "history of" connect. In BE, a "history of" is quite common = a background/previous reports of, e.g. "The patient has a history of unstable angina." "The accused has a history of convictions for petty theft."
Jul 17, 2017. #6. I know both ways -with and without of - are correct in English. But when we say She is tall, tall is an adjective; but when we say She is medium height, we are using a noun: height after the verb to be, and that's what my question is about. We say I am married, but we don't say * I am medium marriage.
Aug 2, 2011 · Palabras, frases y modismos. Words, phrases and idioms.
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Jul 16, 2007 · 1) font and fount can both be used in the phrase you cite. 2) font had, and has, another life related to church settings, e.g as in "baptismal font", and was taken over from this Late Latin use of fons, fountain. 3) fount came to English through the Old French font, derived from the same Latin word.
Apr 25, 2005 · Apr 22, 2009. #7. KevinBeezy said: The quote is actually in the language Esperanto. "In Nomeni (name) Patri (father) Et (and) Fili (son) Spiritus (spirit) Sancti (sanctity or peace/holyness)" Even though the two languages may look very similar in that sentence, it's by no doubt Latin (link). In is a Latin preposition which needs the ablative ...
