Here in England, we have BOTH biscuits and cookies. Cookies are a certain type of biscuit. Also, everyone I know keep their biscuits in the kitchen cupboard, although I have heard of biscuit tins.
If you're taking a quiz that was obviously created by an American, remember: Biscuits are cookies, chips are fries and people are people so why should it be you and I should get along so awfully...
So when you are coming out (telling people you are gay) you are coming out of the cupboard?
Often I know both the american and the english version of things, but in this case I have never heard the uk version. And it is not like it is an extremely uncommon phrase. So it baffles me you have never heard the us version.
They're two different idioms. In the UK the more common sayings by far for those two idioms would be 'coming out of the closet' and 'skeleton in the cupboard' which I think should be an acceptable answer.
A closet and a cupboard are different things in the UK. A closet is sort of like a wardrobe. A cupboard is where you store your... well... cups, obviously.
Yes, cupboards (or more often cabinets) are also where cups/dishes are kept in the US. So that’s where one would hide a skeleton? Not in a storage closet/wardrobe?
Large storage areas are also called cupboards. It's common in two-storey houses to have a 'cupboard under the stairs', such as where Harry Potter slept.
Boy, you must have large cupboards over there in Britain if you can fit a skeleton in them. I could fit a mouse or cat skeleton in mine, but even my dog's skeleton wouldn't fit in my cupboard... let alone a human.
Only ever seen it as "A watched kettle", hmm... also never heard of drop in the bucket (only ocean), and mostly hear "hold a match to". Not sure if these are all typeins yet, would be good. Anyway, for "flash in the pan", it refers to the pan of a gun; a little pan at the back of the gun would have some powder poured in it, and this would ignite the charge in the barrel. Not the pan usually in a household.
I couldn't stop thinking of a foot in the grave, despite my household not having any graves... Ha ha. Lightbulb went off with 21 seconds to go, thankfully.
It means something that only makes a tiny bit of a difference, like putting a single drop of water into a bucket you need to fill. Like, if you are $100,000 in debt and you're able to pay off $20, you'd say it's just a drop in the bucket.
I suppose the phrase "a flash in the pan" could refer to a household item, if you have a flintlock musket in your house. The "pan" in this idiom is the pan of a flintlock, where a small amount of gunpowder would be placed and ignited by the falling flint, in turn igniting the main gunpowder charge through a small hole in the side of the barrel. On occasion, the charge in the pan would fail to ignite the main charge, hence a flash in the pan. This failure to fire could be deadly for the shooter in a wartime situation or if facing down an angry animal.
A drop in the ocean should be accepted as an alternative to bucket, it's common enough for the idiom to be featured in most of the major online dictionaries.
I have never heard of the silver spoon one yet it's the second most-guessed one at the time of commenting. Can't fathom what it could mean either it just sounds like total nonsense.
I don't think "flash in the pan" refers to a pan that you use in the kitchen. It's origin has to do with the use of flintlock muskets. The "pan" refers to the place where the gunpowder was put.
Every time I hear or read expression #6 I am reminded about Ann Richards comment about George H.W. Bush: "Poor George, he can't help it — he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
Often I know both the american and the english version of things, but in this case I have never heard the uk version. And it is not like it is an extremely uncommon phrase. So it baffles me you have never heard the us version.
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Similarly I have never heard 'a drop in the bucket' but have heard 'a drop in the ocean'.
If you are only going to accept US idioms as correct, perhaps make that clear in the intro?