Shenker English Tips - Quotes, Sayings & Idioms

Shenker English Tips - QUOTES, & IDIOMS SAYINGS Quote "War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation It's peace that's wanted Some better peace than the one you started with" Lois McMaster Bujold, American author, b. 1949 slide – movement downwards, decline wanted – needed Saying a good paymaster never wants workmen "On employer who pays well will never be short of staff." paymaster – person responsible for paying wages wants - lacks Idiom Thumb one's nose at = show disdain, contempt, or disrespect for "When I protested to that driver who was coming the wrong way down the street, he just thumbed his nose at me Idiot!" thumb – touch with the thumb (the first digit of the human hand) Shenker The Total English Experience