I’m back in Bansko!
This is my third summer in the Pirin Mountains.
The first summer was an accidental visit.
I broke my leg skiing, I couldn’t walk for three months, so I stayed till mid-summer.
I enjoyed that summer so much, I came back.
And here I am again.
Ready for some R&R (rest and relaxation).
Find The Mistake
Yesterday, I asked you to find the mistake on a sign.
The sign was at the entrance to a casino.
The casino was not open.
The casino was… (what’s the opposite of “open”?).
Closed.
“Are you open?”
“No, we’re closed.”
I think that was too easy – almost 50 correct answers on the blog!
So here’s a more challenging question…
Sometimes the opposite of “open” is “close.”
When is that?
Tell me in the comments below.
Cheers,
Mr. Vig
P.S.
Yesterday, I asked you about this idiom:
Close but no cigar.
One reader explained it well: “someone almost succeeds in achieving something, but not quite.”
But do you know the story behind the idiom? Why “cigar”? Why not “cigarette” or “pipe”?
And the pronunciation is different: Did you know there are two ways to say “close.”
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When we use the words close and open as verbs
For example: Can you open the door? Can you close it? Simple…
Hi,
When « open » is a verb, « close » is the contrary
I mean the opposite
These words are verbs: please OPEN the window; please CLOSE the window. And action is the opposite.
When referring to an action, “close” is used, e.g., “close the window.” Here close is the opposite of open.
Sometimes I have the feeling that time and events come back in an way or another and there is a sense, a motivation in that.I read on Google about the meaning of ” close but no cigar” It looks like you say this idiom when it missed a little to win, to have success
Close but no cigar ….
Cigar instead of cigarette is perhaps because “a cigar” is a luxury item and a sign of success and sophistication… and in late 19th cigar was given as prize at fairs.
Enjoy your vacation and stay safe!
That is right when it is order
Use both as verbs:
Open the door! – Close the door!
Verb open (the door) and verb close (the door).
If I go inside the house, I open the door and when I leave, I close the door.
Btw, I have seen this text on a card:
“We are open only with those with whom we are close.”
I don’t know the story behind the idiom, and I don’t know anything about cigars either…
I think, when the word “close”stays before nouns as an adjective, e.g. “close relations”
You are always welcome in Bulgaria. Have a great holiday!
close the door, please! at the imperative
Asking somebody… to.. open the door . to…close the door….
Probably, when you’re referring to “open” and “close” as verbs, the latter is just the opposite of the former
Good morning to all,I think that we use the opposite “close ” when we use it as a verb. When we want to do something, to close or to open
Hi, great beeing seen more signs for closed casinos in Bulgaria. 🙂 Wellcome in Bansko! You should visit Plovdiv too- very beautiful city with lovely concert shedule as this weekend for instance.
Close should be the opposite for open as a verb so far as the opposite of close as noun is opening.
Best regards!