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15 September, 2010
Idioms list
• might as well: (Ref. idioms.thefreedictionary.com)
* you might as well (do something): there is no reason you should not do something.
* you may as well (do something)
- Since you have to wait, you might as well sit down and relax.
• to put on airs: to act like the master of. If someone is "putting on airs" it means that he or she is acting superior or snobbish (đua đòi, hợm hĩnh) (Ref. answers.yahoo.com; idiomeanings.com)
* to put on airs (verb) = to pretend to be more important than you really are
Example:
The new boss put on airs by lying to his employees about things he had done in the past.
A: Did you know that I was once the best football player in my school?
B: Really?
A: Yeah. I was captain of the team and everything!
B: How many students were in your school?
A: Um, 100.
B: Stop putting on airs, I bet anyone could have been the captain!
* you might as well (do something): there is no reason you should not do something.
* you may as well (do something)
- Since you have to wait, you might as well sit down and relax.
• to put on airs: to act like the master of. If someone is "putting on airs" it means that he or she is acting superior or snobbish (đua đòi, hợm hĩnh) (Ref. answers.yahoo.com; idiomeanings.com)
* to put on airs (verb) = to pretend to be more important than you really are
Example:
The new boss put on airs by lying to his employees about things he had done in the past.
A: Did you know that I was once the best football player in my school?
B: Really?
A: Yeah. I was captain of the team and everything!
B: How many students were in your school?
A: Um, 100.
B: Stop putting on airs, I bet anyone could have been the captain!
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