you won't see her for dust

[sriperso]

Dear folks,
Would you tell me what this sentence means and the usage of the idiom
sentence :If you tell Maria there's a surprise English test today, you won't see her for dust

[ninja_talli]

Originally Posted by sriperso

Dear folks,
Would you tell me what this sentence means and the usage of the idiom
sentence :If you tell Maria there's a surprise English test today, you won't see her for dust

Dear sriperso, post the query http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/englis...nglish-25.html (The PG Guide to English - All kinda ques. on VA!)

Do not open a new thread for just one question.

Also try using google, i got the answer on the first link
"if you say that you won't see someone for dust, you mean that they will leave a place very quickly, usually in order to avoid something"

[gaurav200x]

Originally Posted by sriperso

Dear folks,
Would you tell me what this sentence means and the usage of the idiom
sentence :If you tell Maria there's a surprise English test today, you won't see her for dust

This should help......

not see someone for dust (British & Australian, informal)
if you say that you won't see someone for dust, you mean that they will leave a place very quickly, usually in order to avoid something. If you tell her that Jim's coming, you won't see her for dust!


Source - http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/see+for+dust

[gaurav200x]

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