| Idioms for March |
1.Change your mind |
Meaning:
When you change your mind, you change an opinion or a decision. When you change someone's mind, you persuade them to change their opinion or a decision.
Example:
Nothing you can say or do will change my mind. |
2.Can do without |
Meaning:
When you say, informally, that you can or could do without something, you mean that you do not want it.
Example:
We can do without Angela telling us any more of her funny stories. |
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3.By the way |
Meaning:
When you are speaking to someone, you use by the way to introduce something that you have just thought of.
Example:
By the way, Linda, did I leave my umbrella behind yesterday evening.
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4.By any chance |
Meaning:
By any cahnce has almost the same meaning as 'possibly'. You use it in questions to ask if something is true.
Example:
Have you by any chance heard of an actor called Alan Foster? |
5. By and large |
Meaning:
By and large means 'generally speaking'.
Example:
I agree by and large with Janet's view of the situation. |