Does "rosy hue" stay for blood here? Though President has the sense to reject an outrageously optimistic forecast produced by some of his advisers, the government’s crystal ball still has a rosy hue.

Could you please point out the numbers of the phrases that sound strange? 1. Sit on the fence – stay neutral 2. To have something on the brain – to be thinking about something constantly 3. To keep nose on the grindstone – to concentrate on working or studying hard 4. To hang in there – when you encourage someone to keep on doing something despite the difficulties 5. Pound the pavement – to go from company to company in search of a job 6. Pull all the stops out – to do all you can to make something successful 7. By the skin of your teeth - just barely 8. A no brainer 9. To catch some z’s 10. To cut a deal 11. Cut and dry - something that is very clear 12.DOA - a hopeless thing

Can you guys point out what's not in use? 1.Backseat driver 2. A balancing act 3. Blot one’s copybook 4. Don’t breathe down my neck 5.To get your fingers burnt 6. To clip someone’s wings 7. To bury the hatchet 8. Drop names 9. Eat crow 10. Eat dirt 11. Eat out of someone’s hand

هل ممكن قول هذا؟ استرسل زيد في الكلام غريب أم لا؟

Curtain rod installing. Thanks in advance Yesterday I had to install some curtain rods, so I sat in the car and went to a hardware store, where I bought something around 20 screw anchors. I had to go for 8x100 ones, because it was a drywall I had to install the curtain rod on so I thought the screws should be long enough to make it to the concrete behind the drywall. When I came home it took me a few minutes before I was ready to start the "installation". During that time, my father had kind of been indulging into the how-tos of the installation by “drumming” the drywall, trying to feel where the backers were. Eventually he found two symmetrical spots where the drywall was backed with wood. That made things much easier; even if there was a seam at where I was drilling, it wouldn’t be a problem as the wood made good enough a basis for the screws to sit in. So I picked up the hand drill and made some pilot holes. Then it was time for the hammer drill. I connected it to the socket through an extension cord and deepened the holes. Having done that, I secured the brackets and it was it. Curtain rod Installation* (can't edit the title)

Can I say so? Thanks in advance ...I’m not sure whether I’d go there or not, had my cousin not been participating in it, but since he had been participating, missing the event was out of question.

Correct what sounds strange please. Not just grammar In the morning my brother told me that I'm to assist him in buying OATS for his stallion. I didn't have much options, I don't think, so by the afternoon we were at the needed place. It was a big HANGAR with one of its walls PROPPED UP with METAL CHANNELS fastened in the concrete. It was an old building obviously. The big gates were slid open so we left the car outside and entered the hangar. Once inside, the first thing to grab my attention were huge heaps of grains. Later on I picked up on pillars that supported the roof. They were made of metal tubes and some of them were actually bent. Probably when backing up with big cars. We'd approached one of heaps and started filling our bags with oats. My brother would take an empty bag, put its top to the oats and then simply drag them in with his palms till it was around half full. Then he'd pass it to another guy, who in his turn would keep its top open for me so that I could fill it to the top with a snow SHOVEL. The bags would be bound at the top with a TWINE and stocked. Eventually we came up with something like 100 bags filled, which made 3-4 tons in total. My brother's SHARE was 26 bags, and the rest was for our relatives' and acquaintances' horses. Now all these 26 bags are in the barn, ready to make “cereal” from.

Idioms Could you guys write a few idioms here please? At least one idiom each, and if you can't explain it - no problem, just write it.

Please tell me if there are ones that can't be used today. Let me SHOOT FROM THE HIP ( say honestly). It's disappointing to see people complaining LEFT AND RIGHT (chaotically), when they're actually SPOON-FED (more than needed). I don't want to WAX POETIC (grow poetic), but it's just JE NE SE QUOI (hard to describe) what they're doing. I LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED (did everything possible) searching info for them, but I think now I should GET MY HEAD AROUND THE FACT (accept the fact) that they don't appreciate my help and I should let them HIT THE BOOKS (study) themselves. However there are four guys who can't be TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH (can't be put into the same boat with others). Whenever the other students start complaining, they just SIT ON THE FENCE (stay neutral) and TAKE EVERYTHING THEY SAY WITH A PINCH OF SALT. Those four students make up the SKELETON CREW (the required minimum to operate) so maybe I'll kick others out, even though that might make us RUN ON FUMES. I hope it's a PEACE OF CAKE for native speakers to check this. P.S. What's in the brackets is for myself. Thank you so much.