Is there an expression in English for "being asked to act on your own suggestion"?  Here's an example of the scenario that I'm thinking about:     Wife: Husband, the living room light is broken. We need to buy a new one.   Husband: Sure, honey. When you go to the market today, could you buy a new light?
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I am trying to think of a non-colloquial word or phrase that means "practice what you preach." I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!
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Context - One might use it in the following situations:   "An employee has an argument with her boss and a dispute follows." (she gets fired a few weeks later) "A student having an argument with his teacher over his grades takes the problem to the headmaster." (the headmaster doesn't want to get into it and says the teacher is right) "Workers go on strike for a week, get no raise and are considered absent from work."    You can say it to your son/daughter as a prediction: “Be careful mate, remember…(the saying)…  And you can also say it when he/she comes to you for comfort and support: “I told you, mate, they say that........(the saying).
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I heard using 'could' is for politeness. When I request something, should I say "Can you please" or "Could you please"? Does the latter sound over-polite and pretentious?
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I am just curious, how often this form of Subjunctive mood is used  and what alternatives are available to express the very same thing.  Examples:   I suggest that he implement a budget cut in March. It’s essential that they be heard   and so on.
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What does this phrase mean? And in what cases is it appropriate to use it?
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I am looking for an idiom/phrase which would mean that someone is trying to explain something to someone who obviously knows how it's done. It would be like a maths student trying to teach/explain to his maths professor in his university how to do calculus - he clearly knows it better than you!  My language has for example "nie ucz ojca dzieci robić" - that translates as "don't teach a father how to make kids" - is there an equivalent in English?
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Which of the following is the correct sentence:        I would rather do it myself.    I would rather did it myself.      When I meant to say that I don't know how to do this work otherwise I am well enough to do it myself.
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I have often heard the following statements when someone talks about shoes, cloths, etc. I don't know which one is more appropriate or grammatically correct.   Hey, put your shoes on.  Hey, put on your shoes.  Take off your coat, please.  Take your coat off, please.    Any thoughts? Can we also say &quot;take out your coat&quot;?
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I'm confused about 'want you to do (something)' and 'want you do (something)'.  Example:      "I want you to eat fish" instead of "I want you eat fish" or "I want that you eat fish".    Can anyone explain what is the grammar rule for this?
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Let’s suppose someone is behaving in a very impolite and perhaps rude way with you and you dislike his manners toward yourself. In such a condition, do the following sentences mean the same and can they be used under these circumstances?      Don’t seem too forward.    Don’t seem overly friendly.   I wonder if you clarify the meaning of each one.
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This seems to be a common enough occurrence that it would merit its own phrase. I imagine it might be some sort of subset of Murphy's Law. But it's specific enough that Murphy's Law doesn't quite address it.  Do you know when you are banging your head against a wall for hours trying to fix something? And then when you finally give up and try to get someone else to come fix it (or even just look at it to see that it's broken), it's working perfectly as if nothing had ever happened? And at this point, you're just trying to convince the other person that it was broken in the first place.  It'd at least take some of the frustration out of the experience if you could both just laugh about &lt;insert the phrase for it here&gt;. But as it is now, I basically have to go through the whole paragraph above to say it, and at that point the joke is kind of lost.
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I'm looking for an idiom that is equivalent to the Portuguese:  Quem tudo quer, tudo perde. Who wants everything, loses everything.  It basically points out that being too ambitious will have bad consequences: not only does one not get what one's striving for, but one also ends up losing what one already had (and probably took for granted). This idiom should be usable in everyday speech.
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Possible Duplicate:              Does it make sense to say that?  For example: Jim and myself could not attend the party.  If not, how would I say it? Thanks.
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I have heard someone say in a conversation, "Well, my point being,,,". As an English learner, I was puzzled but assumed that it was roughly the same as saying "My point is that..." or "Here's my point:"   Even if my guess was right, the phrase strikes me as a bit odd. Can anyone elaborate on the meaning/usage/gramatical explanation of this phrase?
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Someone asked me why I am looking for a new job while I am currently working. This got me thinking if there is a idiom that says something about it being wise to not leave your current job until you have another sure thing lined up etc.
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For example: "Wow! How can he do that? Unbelievable..."  or:  "Wow! How can he be so insensible!? Unbelievable..."  I would like to double check so I don't become the insensible myself... :)
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What is the difference between try to do and try and do?  To me (non-native speaker), asking someone try and do this seems a bit rude. It's like saying you can try all you want but this must be done: try and fail is not an option. However, asking someone try to do this means I am asking you to try: success is bonus, failure is OK.