Referring Clues

• Dialect
• Manner of speaking
• "Going to the dogs," e.g.
• Expression
• Challenge for a nonnative speaker
• Peculiar expression
• "Up the creek," e.g.
• "Talk turkey," e.g.
• Language quirk
• Unintuitive thing for language learners
• Colorful phrase
• Colloquialism
• Going to the dogs, e.g.
• By hook or by crook, e.g.
• Translator's obstacle
• "Eat crow" or "talk turkey"
• For crying out loud, e.g.
• Translator's challenge
• Go for broke, e.g.
• Local language, say
• "Knock it off" or "get it on," e.g.
• Toughie for a language learner
• Figure of speech
• "Put two and two together," e.g.
• Vernacularism
• Manner of expression
• Local way of speaking
• "On the road" or "hang one's head," for example
• Way with words
• "Put two and two together," for one
• Speech style
• Language learner's hurdle
• Immigrant's hurdle
• "Beat a dead horse," e.g.
• "For crying out loud," e.g.
• Speaking style
• Fly off the handle, e.g.
• Non-literal expression
• Linguistic quirk
• Hit the ceiling, say
• Tough phrase for an interpreter
• Kick the bucket, for example
• TOEFL toughie
• Parlance
• "Jump the shark," e.g.
• "Under wraps" is one
• Language learner's challenge
• "Lose one's head" or "lose one's shirt"
• It's not literal
• Expression that doesn't translate literally
• Common phrase
• Language peculiarity
• Jargon
• "One for the books," for one
• Language lesson
• Local lingo
• "Talk turkey," e.g.
• "Under the weather," for instance
• "Burn the midnight oil," for one
• Hit the sack, e.g.
• "On the fence," for example
• Colloquial phrase
• Vernacular
• Tough phrase for foreigners
• Peculiar speech form
• "Kick the bucket," for one
• "Fly off the handle," e.g.
• "Kick the bucket" is one
• Hit the ceiling, e.g.
• "For one," for one
• Shoot the breeze, e.g.
• "One for the books," for one
• "Eat crow," e.g.
• "Burn the midnight oil," for one
• "Under the weather," for instance
• Way of putting things
• Turn of phrase
• Expression unique to a language
• Locution
• "Go to the dogs," e.g.
• "Piece of cake," e.g.
• Language oddity
• Under the weather, e.g.
• "Cat got your tongue?" e.g.
• "In the doghouse," for one
• "Apple of my eye," for example
• Cut to the chase, say
• Translating challenge
• Bit of dialect
• A common expression
• Hit the hay, say
• "In the raw," "in the red" or "in the running"
• No laughing matter, e.g.
• One is "easy as pie"
• Bite the bullet, e.g.
• Cash in one's chips or pay the ultimate price, e.g.
• Hit the road, say
• 'In the red,' for one
• Way of speaking
• Down in the dumps, say
• Feel blue or see red
• Get one's goat, e.g.
• "Green thumb" or "purple prose"
• Dialect of a region
• Jump the shark, e.g.
• 'in the doghouse" e.g.
• "Eat crow" is one
• "Pound the pavement" or "break the ice"
• "In the doghouse," e.g.
• Linguistic peculiarity
• "Hot to trot" or "cold feet"
• "In the red," e.g.
• Local phraseology
• Nonliteral expression
• "Up the creek," is one
• A way of saying things
• Burn the midnight oil, e.g.
• "Hit the books" is one
• Lingo
• Barking up the wrong tree, e.g.
• Challenge for an E.S.L. student
• Take the cake, for example
• "Dark horse" or "bring to light"
• Specialized vocabulary
• "Fly off the handle," for one
• Figurative language
• "in hot water," e.g.
• Style of expression
• "Jump the shark" is one
• "Red eye" or "green thumb"
• Don't take it literally
• "Cut corners" or "slash prices"
• Nonliteral phrase
• "Fly off the handle" is one
• "Talk turkey," for one
• "Double talk" is one
• "bitter pill to swallow" or "drink the kool-aid"
• "Throw in the towel," e.g.
• Quirky phrase
• By the seat of one's pants, e.g.
• "Up the creek" or "down the hatch"
• Set phrase
• Spoken language
• "Cat got your tongue?" for one
• Colloquial saying
• It's just an expression
• Southern France backs introduction of old patois
• Turn of phrase that shows who I am when I'm backed
• Form of linguistic expression
• Specific vocabulary
• I had isolated part of the UK, in a manner of speaking
• Moron's tail replaced by moron's head, in a manner of speaking
• Expression that does not make literal sense
• Expression that's characteristic of particular group
• Special linguistic usage
• Challenge for an interpreter
• Zeus's inamorata in midstream in a manner of speaking
• Dictator given order shows a particular expression
• Man following some subconscious speech pattern
• Peculiarity of language
• How to talk about instincts? Me? Coming up!
• Form or variety of language
• Manner of speaking or writing
• Me, pretentious, girl? Au contraire, in a manner of speaking
• Former African leader taken up with girl, in a manner of speaking
• I love to get stuck into stupid dialect
• "Hang one's head," e.g.
• It shouldn't be taken literally
• "The devil is in the details," e.g.
• Confusing phrase for nonnatives
• "Full of beans" or "in a pickle," e.g.
• Local saying
• Localised saying
• Some said I omitted dialect!
• I had become attached to the Isle of Man in a manner of speaking
• Expression I love: "Dusky shrouds"
• I do get confused when I'm about to give certain type of speech
• Identification of island dialect
• Style produced by the same ten models originally
• 1 - 0 in mid-tour, in a manner of speaking
• Over in Bergamo, I discussed language
• An expression: "Find widow, Mr Regular!"
• Identification for the Isle of Man, in a manner of speaking
• Expression used by kid I omitted
• Expression used by one daughter on the Isle of Man
• Nothing seen in one obscure turn of phrase
• I faint without love, in a manner of speaking
• "Piece of cake" or "easy as pie"
• "When pigs fly," e.g.
• Figure of speech like "chewing the fat"
• Characteristic style
• Cold shoulder or hot corner
• Turn of phrase in which one police inspector gets an order
• "Sitting duck," e.g.
• Beat around the bush, e.g.
• "Play it by ear" or "see eye to eye"
• I had one order in the vernacular
• Figurative phrase
• "Bad apple" or "big cheese"
• Expression not meant to be taken literally
• "On easy street," e.g.
• "Dog-tired" or "cat burglar"
• Figures some axioms to be in the vernacular
• "Talk turkey" or "eat crow"
• Take the cake, e.g.
• In the wings or in full swing
• "Hit the hay" or "hit the road"
• Strong suit or weak sauce
• In a pickle or in a jam
• "In seventh heaven" or "on cloud nine"
• 34 Across, for instance
• "Rock and roll," e.g.
• "Talk turkey" or "Chicken out"
• Challenge for a translator
• Translator's hurdle
• "On the ball" or "off the grid"
• "Take the cake" or "cream of the crop"
• "It's raining cats and dogs," for one
• Cool beans or warm fuzzies
• "In my bag," e.g.
• "Horse around" or "rain cats and dogs"
• Challenge for translation
• In a manner of speaking, I had one on order
• "Money talks," e.g.
• Take a chance or take a look
• "Ants in one's pants" or "bee in one's bonnet"
• In the red or in the black?
• “On the ball” or “off the wagon,” e.g.
• Figurative expression
• "Bad apple," for example
• Hit the nail on the head, e.g.
• "Speak of the devil," e.g.
• "Over a barrel" or "under the weather"
• "Going to the dogs," for example
• "Fall in love" or "fall to pieces"
• "Rings a bell," e.g.
• White lightning, e.g.
• I'm out to get a radio part, speaking with style
• "In a pickle," e.g.
• "Raining cats and dogs," for one
• "Hot to trot" or "cool as a cucumber"
• "A penny for your thoughts," for one
• "So far, so good," e.g.
• "Under the weather," say
• "Blessing in disguise," e.g.
• "Easy come, easy go" is one
• "Hold your horses," e.g.
• Saying
• Challenge for a language learner
• "Spill the beans," e.g.
• "Getting on in years," e.g.
• "Call it a night," for one
• Challenge for a translator, maybe
• Never say never, say
• "Pig in a poke" or "ducks in a row"
• Cold feet or cold shoulder
• "Heard it through the grapevine," is one
• Language student's challenge
• "So far, so good," for one
• "Let the cat out of the bag," e.g.
• Cold feet or hot seat
• "A blessing in disguise," e.g.
• "Have a cow" or "hold your horses"
• Kick to the curb, for one
• "Up in arms" or "break a leg"
• Bad apple or sour grapes, e.g.
• "When pigs fly," for one
• Cultural expression
• "Break the ice" or "break a leg"
• "Snug as a bug in a rug," e.g.
• A perfect storm, e.g.
• Challenge for an interpreter, perhaps
• "A pain in the neck," e.g.