MARIA
speak to evil what's the meaning of speak to evil? actually my teacher told me when you are talking about a person which arrive there that time you should say: ohh, speak to evil
2012년 3월 29일 오전 8:02
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I think that your teacher meant "Speak of the devil" which is the short form of the idiom "Speak of the devil and he doth appear". It is used when an object of discussion unexpectedly becomes present during the conversation. For example, if Alice and Bob start discussing Charlie while he isn't in the room, and Charlie walks into the room, Alice or Bob might say, "Speak of the devil!"
2012년 3월 29일
/speak of the devil/ ... It is quite uncommon that the same idiom is shared among languages, but we say the same (translated) words in Italian, in precesily the same kind of contexts: / parlando del diavolo, spuntano le corna/, which is: speaking of the devil, the antlers appear.
2012년 3월 29일
ok, thanks Maryam! ; )
2012년 3월 29일
Exactly the meaning in English!! as jura said
2012년 3월 29일
and what does it mean Maryam?
2012년 3월 29일
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