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∙ 12y agoi'd like to have been an eardopper on wall means i'd like to eavesdrop
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What does i'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall mean?
Nothing. I suspect you're confusing several phrases.Eavesdropper - the eaves are the top parts of a house, where the gutters are - if you're an "eavesdropper" it implies you're hanging from the eaves listening in at the windows - in other words, you're listening to conversations you shouldn't be listening to"A fly on the wall" - if you'd "like to be a fly on the wall" you're saying you'd like to be somewhere hidden where you can see and hear what's going on in a private conversation, as if you were a little bitty fly hiding somewhere in the roomEardropper - this is a medicinal device used to instill drops into your ears when you have an earache or wax buildup
What will be the passive voice of He and she are looking at wall?
The wall was looked by him and herNo, this is wrong answer, correct sentence would be "The wall is being looked by him and her". because the sentence is in present cont. tense.from: Abid PakistaniThe correct Passive Voice is;The wall is being looked at by him and her.
Is it correct to say leaning on the wall?
No.Or, from a different point of view, yes. The most excruciatingly correct may insist that leaning is properly done against a wall, not on it, but in everyday speech, leaning on the wall is what you'll hear from just about everyone.
What does like talking to a brick wall mean?
If you talk to a wall, does it respond or even listen? No, so you may as well talk to a wall as talk to that person who's not participating in your conversation.
Handwriting on the wall alludes to?
The phrase is actually usually written as "writing on the wall". This refers to something that should have been seen, that someone overlooked. It's a type of foreshadowing.
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i'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall
What does i'd like to have been an ear dropper on the wall mean?
I'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall means that that person likes to eavesdrop
What is the correct way to write the phrase I'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall?
The expression 'I'd like to have been a fly on the wall." seems to have gotten a bit mixed up. In this expression, the 'fly' means to be an unnoticed eavesdropper to an interesting conversation or situation.The use of the word 'eardropper' is called a malapropism or malaprop, a word that is used wrongly but sounds like the word that you should have used, especially one that creates a funny change of meaning, such as, "You could have knocked me over with a fender", which should say feather.
What does i'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall?
Nothing. I suspect you're confusing several phrases.Eavesdropper - the eaves are the top parts of a house, where the gutters are - if you're an "eavesdropper" it implies you're hanging from the eaves listening in at the windows - in other words, you're listening to conversations you shouldn't be listening to"A fly on the wall" - if you'd "like to be a fly on the wall" you're saying you'd like to be somewhere hidden where you can see and hear what's going on in a private conversation, as if you were a little bitty fly hiding somewhere in the roomEardropper - this is a medicinal device used to instill drops into your ears when you have an earache or wax buildup
What does i'd like to have been an eardropper on the wall mean?
Nothing. I suspect you're confusing several phrases.Eavesdropper - the eaves are the top parts of a house, where the gutters are - if you're an "eavesdropper" it implies you're hanging from the eaves listening in at the windows - in other words, you're listening to conversations you shouldn't be listening to"A fly on the wall" - if you'd "like to be a fly on the wall" you're saying you'd like to be somewhere hidden where you can see and hear what's going on in a private conversation, as if you were a little bitty fly hiding somewhere in the roomEardropper - this is a medicinal device used to instill drops into your ears when you have an earache or wax buildup
What does party on your facebook wall mean?
It sounds like you have been invited to a party.
How is it that we have some idea of what greek wall painting looked like although no example has survived?
We have examples of their vases that give us an idea of what their wall painting would have been like.
What will be the passive voice of He and she are looking at wall?
The wall was looked by him and herNo, this is wrong answer, correct sentence would be "The wall is being looked by him and her". because the sentence is in present cont. tense.from: Abid PakistaniThe correct Passive Voice is;The wall is being looked at by him and her.
How do you spell wall?
That is the correct spelling of "wall" (part of a room or building).
A picture of 108 mansfield street sherwood?
This is my parents house, it has been surrounded with a brick wall and entrance gate for years, they moved in in 1972 and it has always been surrounded by a wall. would you like a picture of it?
Is it correct to say leaning on the wall?
No.Or, from a different point of view, yes. The most excruciatingly correct may insist that leaning is properly done against a wall, not on it, but in everyday speech, leaning on the wall is what you'll hear from just about everyone.
What does the suffix glyph mean?
something that has been carved, like hieroglyphs (sacred signs carved on a wall)
