2016年6月6日 · It means the person is able to only use "talking" to get out of trouble, that they have . the gift of (the) gab . The idiom is. verb + possessive way out of something talk one's way out of something. Similar expressions might be. He couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag. He couldn't find his way out of a hole in the ground.

2018年6月6日 · Once "the only way to get out is to go backward" is mentioned, I feel like suggesting the "dead end" and "blind alley" expressions that both may mean a metaphorical path that leads nowhere. More precisely, a blind alley is . a way of acting or thinking that is not effective and will not achieve progress. And a dead end refers to the

2016年10月18日 · We know that we can use "way" as an adverb of emphasis to mean "to a great degree" for example . way too much way too expensive way too complicated . My question is does it make sense to use it in such way: Life is way too short. I ask because the other adjectives are refereng to excess of something, but "short" is refering to a lack of something.

2020年6月16日 · Check out this Ngram. When using "the best way", that phrase is most often followed by an infinitive: The best way to eat pizza is by starting at the point. The best way to prepare a roast is to cook it slowly. The best way to hit a baseball is to practice – a lot. The best way to ruin a first date is by talking about yourself too much.

2015年2月19日 · In this interview, we hear out there three times. At 00:35 the women says : "finding my way of getting out there" , and she repeats somethings like that at 00:44 and , 00:51.

2021年2月17日 · To be headed out, yes. Because you head out [by car, by camel, on foot]. The implied agent makes a passive possible. We're heading out tomorrow by car. We are headed out now. but head out is very much associated with sailing and maritime navigation in tall ships (old wooden sailing vessels) in expressions such as head out of the wind.

2015年5月5日 · The phrase way back has two primary meanings, as others have pointed out. Using way back can be used to refer to a long time ago, such as "way back when." In this instance way is describing the word back as being very far …

2015年5月9日 · The word school is a bit trickier, but it's not too hard to figure out once you realize that the word school can refer to two things: the instititution, and the building. If you were at home, on your way out, and you announced: I'm going to school. that would mean that you're going to the school building for the purpose of attending class.

2019年6月12日 · Here, the people's job is the problem they need to find a solution to, it's something they need to figure out. If you've got it all figured out, the solution is found and there is no problem - the job is no longer a problem once you start making well over six figures (at least in the context of your sentence). "Nobody knows what they're doing.

2022年3月11日 · "Looking for an off-ramp" is a metaphor for that feeling of being trapped going the wrong way. It's not all that common. "A way out of the situation" or just "a way out" is better in most cases. But the rest of the sentence "he's pressed the accelerator and continued down this horrific road" is so good that the expression works here.