If you’ll follow me, I’ll give you a
brief tour of some of our main features and then I’ll leave you to your own
devices.
* leave to one’s own devices: to allow
someone to do what they wish
ex> the study hall teacher usually
read a book and left the students to their own devices.
I’m pretty sure the two animals you are itching to see are the kangaroo and the
koala, am I right?
* itching to: anxious to do or see
something
ex> The cop could tell by the look on
the face that the criminal was itching to run.
What’s on the other side of the round
enclosure? The wall isn't see-through?
* see-through: transparent; colorless
ex> Her irritation with the waiter
was completely see-through.
They’re a dime a dozen here. And among the world’s deadliest snakes,
Australia has 15 of the top 20.
* a dime a dozen: very common
ex> Good writers of short fiction
aren't a dime a dozen.
If you consider crocodiles, great white
sharks, poisonous snakes, box jellyfish, and brown recluse spiders cuddly, then
you've come to the right place.
* come to the right place: this is where
the things you’re looking for are located
ex> You've come to the right place
if you were hoping to be stuck in traffic every day.
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