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T.G.I.F! Since it’s Friday, and this is the day when many people tend to go out and party, I thought we can look at another drinking-related expression. If you are feeling no pain, it means you are drunk.
Pay attention to the structure. We use [to be] + feeling no pain:
– After a few beers, Tommy was feeling no pain last night.
– Are you ok? You look like you are feeling no pain!
When was the last time you were feeling no pain?
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Today’s idiom is both an idiom and slang. When you tell someone to “get lost,” you are telling them to “go away.”
-I’m studying right now. Get lost!
-Lindsey told the reporter to get lost.
-Why don’t you kids go outside for a while and get lost. I want to relax for a while (Mom said to her kids)
There is one more similar expression with the same meaning – “Go fly a kite.” This also means go away, but it is a bit old fashioned English and not really used so much anymore.
Have you wanted to tell someone to get lost recently?
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After a few cocktails, or beers, you may be three sheets to the wind. Have you heard this idiom? Three sheets to the wind means drunk. This idiom comes from the olden days of sailing. The word “sheet” on a sailboat refers to the ropes that are used to hold and adjust the sails. If the “sheets” on the boat are loose and flapping in the wind, then the sails will flap about, much like a drunken sailor. Thus, the expression three sheets to the wind came to mean being drunk.
The structure is very clear. Use the expression “three sheets to the wind” the same way you use the word drunk:
- After two bottles of wine last night, Lori was three sheets to the wind. (Lori was drunk)
- You look like you are three sheets to the wind. You’d better not drive. (You look like you are drunk)
We do not use this expression as an adjective, so you can’t say, “Look at that three sheets to the wind guy.”
When was the last time you were three sheets to the wind?
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English Idiom: There are all kinds of conversations from very serious to very light. When you have a light, friendly chat with someone, you can say that you are chewing the fat with them. In terms of structure, “chew the fat” is used as a verb:
- We used to meet at the coffee shop and chew the fat for hours
- Ben and Jerry are always chewing the fat when they are drinking beer.
Do you like to chew the fat? Leave a comment and let us know!
