Showing posts with label tv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tv. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

D'oh!

"D'oh" is the catch-phrase of Homer on the TV series "The Simpsons" (1989-) He says it whenever something bad or unfortunate happens to him, or when he makes a mistake. Part of what makes this phrase so memorable is the way in which he says it. (Search for "D'oh!" on YouTube until I post the link.)

Example:
-Hey, we had a test today! Where were you?
-D'oh!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

National treasure

A 'national treasure' is a person or thing that is highly admired by people from a particular country.

Example:
-Did you hear Andy Rooney died?
-Yeah, I saw that on the news this morning. How old was he?
-92. He just did his last episode of "60 Minutes" a month ago. I didn't watch "60 minutes" every Sunday, but when I did catch it, I always liked him. He was a real national treasure.