Wednesday, February 18, 2009

How MiaoMiao defies the dictionary

(Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms)

fall out of one's chair: to be very surprised about something



SENTENCE EXAMPLE:
When my mother told me she was getting remarried I nearly fell off my chair.



For MiaoMiao it's just different

She literally falls off her sleep chair





(Word Reference.com Language forum)

catwalk: describe specific stylized strut that models employ

SENTENCE EXAMPLE: The model catwalked skilfully down the runway, leaving the audience in awe.

AGAIN in MiaoMiao's context

it's different

I catwalk every day too.

The cat walks me

well, when the guinea pigs are out

and we have to put her on a leash and harness

then she will try all means to tangle the leash round the chairs,

making life difficult for poor me (or whoever is holding on)

who have to go running after her :(

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