Forum: English Questions
Jul 12th, 2009, 02:56 am
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Forum: English Questions
May 25th, 2009, 08:11 am
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Views: 9,049 Re: on a chopping block
OK - yes, now it's clear. The phrase was probably something like : Nick's head could be on the chopping block. ie that he was about to be "executed". So yes, it's a metaphor meaning that he's in...
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Forum: English Questions
May 24th, 2009, 01:20 pm
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Views: 9,049 Re: on a chopping block
You'll have to give us the full context Tania - your interpretation seems likely, but without knowing the full sentence it's difficult to say. It's not a standard idiom but a metaphor which needs to...
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