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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007looking for an expression
Hi, I'm looking for an expression. It can be used to express concepts like "I have a room to myself when the parents are away". The expression seems to contain a simple adverb and a preposition. The subject can be something like "the room". Could you please tell me what it is? I'd appreciate your help. Ray > Hi, > > I'm looking for an expression. It can be used to express concepts like > "I have a room to myself > when the parents are away". The expression seems to contain a simple > adverb and a preposition. I shoudn't have used "the room". I meant to say "the house". > The subject can be something like "the room". Could you please tell me > what it is? > > I'd appreciate your help. > > Ray > > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Hi mate. Could you help us out a little? Rather than tell us where the expression you are looking for could be used, could you tell us what it means. Then we, or you yourself, could look it up in a thesaurus. > > > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > expression you are looking for could be used, could you tell us what > it means. Then we, or you yourself, could look it up in a thesaurus.- 隱藏被引用文字 - It means "(of a place, etc.) under the total control of a person". > - 顯示被引用文字 - > > > > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > - Show quoted text - 'all his' springs to mind. 'When the parents were away, the place was all his.' But there is no preposition here. > > I'm looking for an expression. It can be used to express concepts like > > "I have a room to myself > > when the parents are away". The expression seems to contain a simple > > adverb and a preposition. > I shoudn't have used "the room". I meant to say "the house". > > > The subject can be something like "the room". Could you please tell me > > what it is? I think you mean "The run of the house." Used particularly with house pets, but also with people. Even when his first impression, that he was to have the run of the house on Fifth Avenue and mix freely with touchable multi-millionaires, had been corrected, his altitude was still brotherly. ---- P.G. Wodehouse And what I propose is, that we ... come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. I have the run of the house at any time, you know. --- Thomas Hardy It doesn't mean "a room of my own" but "free access to all parts."  SignatureBest wishes -- Donna Richoux |
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