study wording part 4

I study wording in this blog part 4.

  “I bet you’re about 18 years old.” “Close, but no cigar. I’m 20.” Close, but no cigar is spoken used to show that you are disappointed about something and you wish things could happen differently. In short, it is pity.

  It’s none of your business what I do in my spare time. None of your business is two things that are unrelated are not connected to each other in any way. In short, it is unrelated.

  The manager is on to his assistant’s plot to take over the company. Be on to is be on at.

  I don’t want to be mixed up in anything illegal or dangerous. Be mixed up is to make someone feel confused. In short, it is to be implicated.

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