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IDIOMATIC USAGE
Parlez-Vous Na'vi?' 'No, Kreegah Bundolo!Conlangs need not have geographical or zoological boundaries. Undeterred by the minor consideration that he'd never visited the African con...
01 Apr, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Why it's utterly silly to expect to find an elephant in the roomThe phrase, if not the animal in the phrase, 'elephant in the room' pops up from time to time. As an idiomatic expression, I grant there is...
04 Feb, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Hotel Rwanda Rawalpindi: An 'expat' solution for Pakistan's economic crisisWhen Pakistan is reeling with a debt crisis, the country’s three – no, four – brightest minds come up with an ‘expat’ solution.
13 Aug, 2022, 11.55 PM IST
We need to clean up our dirty currencySuch alarms and excursions could make the rupee fall even more against the US dollar, giving us less bang for our buck.
06 Sep, 2018, 11.26 PM IST
- Idiomatic idylls: English is in crisis
Tharoor's controversy only served to highlight the wider malaise that now affects India: unfamiliarity with English idioms.
22 Sep, 2009, 01.37 AM IST
- The Raj franchisee
Raj Thackeray is the latest Raj to achieve some degree of notoriety.
23 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST