Grammatical Tips
1) I'd rather somebody did something.:-
We say 'I would rather you did' something. (Not: I would rather you do something.)
*Who is going to drive, you or me? I 'would rather you drive.' (= I would prefer you to drive.)
*Jack says he'll repair your bike tomorrow, ok? I 'would rather he did' it today.
*Are you going to tell Anna what happened, or 'would you rather I told' her?
2) In the above structure we use 'the past' (drove, did etc.), but the meaning is present not past.
COMPARE:- I would rather cook dinner today.
I would rather you cooked dinner today. (Not: I would rather you cook dinner today.)
3) I 'would rather you didn't ' do something. = I would prefer you not to do it.
*Shall I tell Anna what happened? I 'would rather you didn't' do so.
*Are you going to tell Anna what happened? No, I 'would rather she did not' know it.
Vocabularies
Some Idioms
1) To blow something/somebody out of the water.:-To destroy or defeat something or somebody completely.
*They came to court with fresh evidence that would blow the prosecution's case completely out of the water.
2) Blow something sky-high:- To make something that some one is trying to achieve fail completely, often by telling people something which should have been a secret.
*He blew the deal sky-high by telling the news paper about it.
3) Blow smoke (American).:- To say things that are not true in order to make yourself or something you are involved in seem better than it is.
*The team put on a unbelievable performance. I am not just blowing smoke.
4)Blow some one's stake.:- To suddenly become very angry.
*My mother blew her stake when she saw the mess we had made in the kitchen.
5) Blow something wide open.:- To make it impossible to guess who will win a competition.
*She was the favorite to wine, so her withdrawal has blown the election wide open.
6) Into the wide/wild blue yonder (Literary).:- If you go into the wide blue yonder you go somewhere far away that seems exciting because it's not known.
*I have sudden desire to escape, to head off into the wide blue yonder and never return.
7) Until you are blue in the face.:- If you say something until you are blue in the face, you keep saying the same thing again and again but no one listens to you.
*She can tell her daughter to tidy her room until she is blue in the face, but it's always the mess.
8) Save/spare somebody's blushes.:- To do something to prevent someone feeling embarrassed.
*The censors spared the viewers' blushes by removing all the explicit sex scenes from the film.
9) Be above board.:- To be honest and legal.
*The deal between the two companies is very seldom above board.
10) Bog standard (British informal).:- Completely ordinary.
*I just want a completely bog standard washing machine which does not cost much.
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