http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-23123 Israel "izzy" Cohen Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:41:18 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-23123 "By the skin of my teeth" is a translation of the Hebrew phrase B'3oR SHiNai in the biblical book of Job 19:20 (using 3 to represent the letter aiyin with its ancient G/K-sound, as in 3aZa = Gaza). This Hebrew phrase is a transliteration pun on the Hebrew word B'QoSHi which means "barely, hardly, with difficulty." "By the skin of my teeth" is a translation of the Hebrew phrase B'3oR SHiNai in the biblical book of Job 19:20 (using 3 to represent the letter aiyin with its ancient G/K-sound, as in 3aZa = Gaza). This Hebrew phrase is a transliteration pun on the Hebrew word B'QoSHi which means "barely, hardly, with difficulty."

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-14895 Clare Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:37:23 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-14895 josi » It means "Say something different for a change". josi » It means "Say something different for a change".

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-14838 josi Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:52:23 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/idioms-of-the-face/#comment-14838 What is the meanning of this idiom? Sing a different tune. What is the meanning of this idiom? Sing a different tune.

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