Corrections · 6
Ok / China policy : policy on China (Yes, but this requires a more comprehensive, current description.)
? / Chinese dragon : Kilin (Not heard in the U.S.; I have not heard of a Chinese Dragon named Kilin.)
Ok / American beauty : A kind of roses' name
? / English disease : tracheitis or rickets (Not heard in the U.S. when used for these diseases, which are quite dissimilar. It makes no sense.)
No / Indian summer : happy old age (Having an autumn season which is warm and pleasant like summer)
? / Spenish athlete : the person who likes braging (Not heard in the U.S., “Spenish” is not a word)
? / Greek gift : a bad gift which is bad for people (Not heard in the U.S. Possibly a reference to the old maxim to “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”; see history of this phrase at www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/63300.html. However, “Greek gift” is not a phrase in common use.
? / French chalk : talcum powder (Not heard in the U.S.)
Ok / pull one's leg : play a joke on sb
Ok / in one's birthday suit : wearing nothing
Ok / eat one's words : take back what was said before
? / an apple of love : tomato (Not heard in the U.S. There is a similar phrase “the apple of one’s eye,” which means that one has a special affection for a particular person.)
Ok / handwriting on the wall : a bad omen
Ok / bring down the house : gain the whole audience's cheering (Yes: when the entire audience is applauding enthusiastically after a performance.)
Ok / have a fit : flame up anger (Yes: when one flares up in anger, and “makes a scene.”)
Ok / make one's hair stand on end : get panicky (Yes, but more like just feeling very afraid without the symptoms of panic.)
Ok / be taken in : be cheated
Ok / think a great deal of oneself : to evaluate oneself highly
? / pull up one's socks : take heart of grace (I have only heard this used in a literal way, and your description does not make sense.)
Ok / have the heart to do : For example: I don't have the heart to refuse. = I couldn't bear to refuse.
Here you go. You may like to ask someone from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, etc. if they recognize any of the ones I have flagged with a question mark. Also, when you write a colon, it is done like this: The colon is placed just after the last word in the phrase, and a space is entered, and the next word begins. The next word is capitalized for a complete sentence or typed in small letters if that word only begins a phrase.
Some Intresting English Phrases
China policy : policy on ChinaChinese dragon : Kilin
American beauty : A kind of roses' name
English disease : tracheitis or rickets
Indian summer : happy old age
Spenish athlete : the person who likes braging
Greek gift : a bad gift which is bad for people
French chalk : talcum powder
pull one's leg : play a joke on sb
in one's birthday suit : wearing nothing
eat one's words : take back what was said before
an apple of love : tomato
handwriting on the wall :a bad omen
bring down the house : gain the whole audience's cheering
have a fit : flame up anger
make one's hair stand on end : get panicky
be taken in : be cheated
think a great deal of oneself : to evaluate oneself highly
pull up one's socks : take heart of grace
have the heart to do : For examle: I don't have the heart to refuse.=I I couldn't bear to refuse
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