Conversation:

Nick:  You look like you’re walking on air.  What’s up?

Sergey:  Remember Sarah?  We met her at the New Year’s Eve party last year?

Nick:  No. Her name doesn’t ring a bell.  What does she look like?

Sergey:  Tall, long dark hair, beautiful blue eyes.

Nick:  I’m still drawing a blank, but what about her?

Sergey:  Well, this morning we met by chance in the coffee shop and we both hit it off right away.  Now, I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but she could be the one for me.  There’s only one small problem.  I can’t lay my hands on her phone number.  She wrote it on a napkin, and now I can’t find it!  I’m on pins and needles.

Nick:  I can imagine.  You know if you don’t call her up within a few days, you’re going to be in hot water.  She’s going to think you don’t like her.

Sergey:  I know.  I know.  What am I going to do?

Nick:  Get a grip!  It won’t help to get upset.  If I were you, I’d go back to the coffee shop tomorrow and try to find her.

Sergey:  Hang on.  It just dawned on me that I changed by jeans when I got home.  I’ll bet her number is in one of the pockets.  I’ll go look.

Nick:  For your sake, I hope it is.  But if it’s not, it serves you right for being so careless.

Sergey:  Here’s her phone number!  It was in my jeans pocket all along.

Vocabulary:

by chance:  accidentally
the one:  the perfect person
hang on:  wait
sake:  benefit, well-being

Idioms:

• walk on air                                         feel very happy
• ring a bell                                           be something one remembers
• draw a blank                                      not be able to remember
• hit it off                                              become friendly immediately
• jump to conclusions                         form an opinion without all the evidence
• lay one’s hands on (something)     be able to find (something)
• on pins and needles                          anxious, nervous
• in hot water                                        in trouble
• get a grip                                            make oneself calm
• dawn on (someone)                          (someone) realizes
• it serves (someone) right                 (someone) gets the punishment he/she deserves
• all along                                              for the whole time

Notes:

ring a bell and draw a blank are opposites.

on pins and needles and on edge have the same meaning.

© 2004 Ambien Malecot

© 2013 Ambien Malecot