Expression in English
Hello friends do I have some expressions in English that I could not understand could they help me?
these are:
ringing me up
standing on end
eat up almost to
raising their eyebrows
I wish you could give me examples in sentences
thank you!
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Expression in English
Hello friends do I have some expressions in English that I could not understand could they help me?
these are:
ringing me up -- for an American, we mostly use it to talk about a cashier at a store ringing up our purchases. "The cashier and I made small talk as she rang me up." "I was ringing up this customer when I accidentally dropped one of their items on the floor." I think some British/UK people would use it to talk about calling someone on the phone -- "I rang you up to invite you to my birthday party." But, I'm American, so not an expert on UK usage.
standing on end -- the only way in which I'd use this expression was to talk about how I was arranging something like books -- if you put them on the shelf vertically/the normal way. "When you organize the shelf, please make sure to stand all the books up on on their end." "I love looking at a well organized shelf, with all the books standing on end."
eat up almost to -- this one I can't place, unless "eat up" is one phrase and "almost to" is a separate one. But, they don't go together.
raising their eyebrows -- this can be literal or figurative -- literally you can use your muscles to move your eyebrows up. Figuratively it, it means to question or judge something. "When I wore jeans and a tshirt to my sister's wedding, eyebrows were raised." "If you don't want to raise eyebrows, make sure you dress conservatively."
I wish you could give me examples in sentences
thank you!
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