PE 5/22 London – Buckingham Palace

Do you mean the guards with the bearskin hats who stand stock-still at all the entrances to the palace?

* stock-still: completely motionless

ex> The mime in the park stool stock-still posing like the statue of liberty.

Yeah, those guys. but the guard changing has a band and the replacement guards march behind them. It’s really neat because their timing is always spot-on.

* spot-on: exact

= on-target; dead-on; on the dot

ex> The comedian’s impression of the president was spot-on.

I’ll bet those hats stink to high heaven when they get soaked – like a wet bear! I haven’t the foggiest idea why they wear them.

* stink to high heaven: to smell very foul; reek

ex> My little brother’s pile of dirty laundry stinks to high heaven.

* not have the faintest/foggiest idea: to not know anything about a given subject

ex> Do you have the foggiest idea how the ship ended up so far off course?

Let’s take a taxi. It starts promptly at 11:30. I think we might be cutting it close if we try to ride the subway.

* cut it close: (시간 따위를) 절약하다

ex> Come this way cut it close!

Shall we go for high tea afterwards? I’m already feeling a bit peckish.

* peckish: slightly hungry

ex> Although it was only 4 p.m., I was already peckish and needed a snack.