2015年11月26日 · (How Ireland was going to take on the British navy was not explained.) Holland was highly regarded for his engineering innovations at the time of the photo and cartoon, so if "What, me worry" originally was anti-Irish, the use of it in the cartoon must have been ironic. –

2013年12月12日 · brainwave. NOUN. 2 [USUALLY IN SINGULAR] informal A sudden clever idea: then he had a brainwave. More example sentences

2020年10月18日 · Another sense, "worry", appears after 'ish kabibble' gained popularity, and relies on the analogous positions of "bibble" in 'ish kabibble' and "worry" in "I should worry". Here are illustrative examples of those senses: A double from short to second to first retired two Bumms, and a bibble to third played well for another.

He reassured me, "Don't worry." He consoled me, "Cheer up." I'm looking for a verb that would work for both. I originally included "Be well" in my question, but as it has been pointed out to me, "Be well" is more of a nicety that carries no hint at all of an imperative.

2013年4月25日 · Although John M. Landsberg makes a good point that "not to worry" originated as a fragment, it is no longer one, and is now an idiom meaning "never mind." For this reason, it is entirely acceptable (and grammatical, since idioms are not required to adhere to other standard grammar rules) to use it on its own. Oh no! It's started to rain! Oh well.

2015年4月7日 · "Fine by me" and "fine with me" are more common speech terms. For example: The contract details as defined in your document are acceptable to me. The contract details as defined in your document are fine with me. The contract details as defined in your document are fine by me. The last example makes me think it was written by my teenaged son.

2011年12月27日 · The equivalent of "love me not" would be "worry you not". Similarly, it sounds antiquated, and one might initially feel it looks wrong. That said, it is just as much of a command (as is "love me not")! As @Irene and @RandomIdeaEnglish pointed out on another answer, other forms would better convey your meaning.

2013年5月29日 · The first phrase has an active infinitive, and the second is a passive infinitive. They have virtually no differences in meaning (the one slight difference being that the first one implies that you do not have to do something, while the latter implies that you do not have to have something done to you), and they are completely interchangeable.

2020年6月14日 · worry about putting food on the table. The second is a coordination of noun phrases functioning as object to preposition through: I saw them go through... unemployment. worries of putting food on the table. Both are grammatical.

2013年3月30日 · What I lack in graphoria, however, I more than make up for in ideaphoria, which is an aptitude involving the rapid flow of ideas, which equips me for jobs that require that particular skill set. Teachers, advertisers, writers, public speakers, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, even lawyers benefit from being high in ideaphoria.