some idioms

an idiom is a phrase that has a meaning other than it's grammatical meaning

mego is not a word, but rather an acronym for "my eyes glaze over"

Idiomatically, "neat" doesn't mean tidy, but attractive, well-planned, good. "Politically correct" means carefully crafted to offend no-one, even if the meaning is dulled or blunted because of the crafting. "The lights are on..." indicates that, although a person is alive and present, they are either incapable of or unwilling to understand what's happening.

"In a pickle" = in trouble; "take the red-eye" = take a very late, often overnight, airplane flight to save money (red eyes because of not sleeping all night); "grunge" = a style, originally of rock and roll music, originating in the Northwest U.S., and encompassing not only the music (think Nirvana) but also clothing, hairstyles, etc., reminiscent of the geographic location and the bands that made the music popular.

Thanks, stuh505 and Wy.
But is "grunge" positive or negative?
I looked up dictionary, it said "grunge" means something sucks, boring...
Is it right?
I don't really trust the explanation in dictionary because many times it is out-of-date.

I've always used "grungy" to mean comfortably shabby clothing--the sort you wear around the house for messy chores.

"Grungy" means shabby or dirty in character or condition. "Grunge" means one that is grungy.

It describes the look and character of the music and its scene from the Pacific Northwest US in the 90's.

If shabby and, or dirty are negatives to you, then "grungy" is negative as well. "Grunge" came to take a positive meaning since the music and its scene became quite popular.

"Grunge" also means the untidy working-class fashions typical of fans of grunge.

Are you a fan of Grunge music and the scene?

"Take the red-eye" means take the night flight or night train. No one can rest well sitting bolt upright in a chair and you arrive at your destination tired and red eyed.

Idioms are a combination of words which usually require some knowledge of the culture to comprehend.

InfraBlue, no, I am not:)

I suspect most "Strain", that fabulous Australian dialect is a hive of idioms?

That's "strine," ben.

wat does "Drop Dead" really means?

Go away, get out of my life.

thx...

Noddy, you are gentle!

Yeah he's gentle... he's answering my question... francis.. LOL!

Nonsense, gentlemen. I'm a highly verbal bitch.

i've always enjoyed " the wheel is spinning but the hampster dead"

...anyone who says there is no "p" in hamster has never owned one...

thats right...

oh damn I am useless - didn't check my spelling before I posted the strine thing...