To quote William Shakespeare: “To be, or not to be, that is the Question” when it comes to the line /tunnel (La Linea) call it what you like since I arrived in Armenia- three presidents later it’s the same old Blah-Blah-Blah, they all have said “It will open next year”. Now after the latest photo, opportunity-2020 is the date. More chances of my hair growing back first!

Blah-Blah-Blah: Used to represent words that have been used too many times before or you feel are not worth hearing.

Death

No, not me! Ahh- I hear you say! These are some of the expressions you will hear when someone dies: He/she has died, passed away is dead, deceased. Others said with affection: Gave up the ghost. Didn't make it. Kicked the bucket. Croaked -it. Belly up. Pushing up the daisies. Six feet under. Brown bread. Gone to a better place. Checked out. Came to a sticky end. Under the sod. Curtains. Went to meet his maker. Bit the dust/bullet. Dead as a dodo. Stiff as a board. Dead as a doornail. History. Pop one's clogs. Snuffed it. Turned up one's toes. Lights out. If the person was of an unsavoury nature (bad person) then there are other expressions such as Good riddance. He/she won’t be missed. Couldn’t have happened to a better person. No loss.

Banshee "bean si"

At one point in Irish history, bereaved families hired women to “keen” (sing a mourning lament) and cry at a funeral—some think that’s where the banshee legend started. No need for that nowadays- Just give them the bill – How much? -A cómo?

A typical Irish saying: May you be half an hour in Heaven before the Devil knows your dead.

Is it online, on line or on-line?

These days, when talking of the Internet world, most users will use ‘online’ and this denotes the Internet concept. When these words were starting out, many forms were seen in written communications (online, on line and on-line); the difference between them (i.e. the use of the hyphen) is very important and applies to many other grammatical forms.

Where the phrase is just a factual statement, we used two words: My PC is now on line, so you can use it.

Where the entire phrase is used to further describe something else, we used the hyphen to show this: This is an on-line transaction.

Is it inline, in line or in-line?

Definition of in-line: Having the parts or units arranged in a straight line also: being so arranged.

Inline is commonly used to mean "in a line", "aligned" or "placed within a line or sequence"

In line with: In agreement with: The new policy is in line with the plans that were discussed last year.

In line: under control, "that threat kept a lot of people in line". In a queue, "we stood in line at the bank for ages".

In line of duty: While doing what was expected in a particular job. In line of fire: In the path of an attack, bullet or discipline. Also, use “the” In the line of duty…In the line of fire…

Line of

Line of sight: The straight line between the missile and the target. Line-of-sight propagation, electromagnetic waves travelling in a straight line. Line of sight (gaming), visibility on a gaming field, i.e. who can see what. Line of credit: An amount of credit extended to a borrower. Line of succession: Is the order in which members of the royal family would come to the throne if the reigning king or queen died. ...When someone who is in line to the throne has a child, that child comes after them and their older children, but before anyone else in the line of succession. This can also be used for rich family-run companies. Line of action: In physics, the line of action of a force F is a geometric representation of how the force is applied. In law: Direction in which a force acts upon a body or object.

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