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Lucilla YuMing: Simple Yet Attractive

I spent the afternoon watching an old classic Lucilla YuMing movie called' "Father Takes a Bride". This late 1950 movie is in black and white. Yu Ming is better known as the 'Audrey Hepburn' of Hongkong.

 

The plot is simple. After the death of their mother,YuMing and her two bothers would not entertain the idea of their father re-marrying. However, their father had fallen in love with a school teacher. The lady in question was a younger Wang Lai. This is the first time I have seen her at this tender age possibly in her thirties.

As things would have it, something happened. The two children who went to their mother's grave were stuck in a cemetery as they were locked in. A police search was underway and radio broadcast managed to help trace the children. It was teacher Li played by Wang Lai who found the children. That  endeared the children to her and as they were leaving the hospital in smiles, we knew 'Father Will take a Bride'!

The movie also starred the late Betty Lo Tih's brother who played YuMing's love interest.

I am looking forward to watch such YuMing films such as 'Sun,Moon and Star' and A Night in Hongkong'.

Native Expressions 4: Good To Know

We are back again with some more native expressions from De Mente's book. Here are some interesting ones .

1.To be blind-sided:

It means that you have been defeated, disadvantaged and surprised by something that you couldn’t or didn’t foresee coming.

E.g.

I was totally blindsided by her accusation.
The union negotiating team blindsided me with a new proposal.
That lawyer almost always manages to blindside his opponents.



2.Be a sweetheart:

To be generous, kind or going out of your way to help is described as ‘being a sweetheart’ This is a very personal way of asking someone to do something for you or for someone else.

E.g.

Be a sweetheart and do the week-end shopping for me.
Be a sweetheart and wash my car for me.
I’ve had enough of being a sweetheart. Walk the dog, yourself!

3.Back down:

The term comes from the concept of literally backing up in the face of danger of some kind, or backing down to avoid a confrontation or defeat.

E.g.

I refused to back down when the boss threatened to demote me.
If you back down now, you will never be respected ever again.
No matter how serious the challenge, do not back down!

4.Asleep at the wheel:

Doing things without knowing what you are doing. Blindly doing business without noticing what is going on in the market place may be referred to as being ‘asleep at the wheel’

E.g.

Between 1960 and 1980, American automobile manufacturers were asleep at the wheel, giving Japanese car-makers an extraordinary opportunity to win market share in USA.
Some people go through life sleeping at the wheel.
Wake up,man! You are asleep at the wheel!

5.Across the board:

Taken from a description that refers to the entire width of a board, it means everything and everybody.

E.g.

The pay-rise was across the board. There was a pay hike for everyone.
He made an across the board accusation, blaming everyone in the team for the defeat in the game.
The Chairman’s criticism was across the board. He left nobody out.