The complement of being " really useful" never bothered me.
My kids are a bit too old for Thomas now, but we still say people are "causing confusion and delay" when they derail the rest of the family.
My kids are a bit too old for Thomas now, but we still say people are "causing confusion and delay" when they derail the rest of the family.
When they watch a train crash episode, for example, they don't run into walls afterward, they pick up their trains and crash them together.
It's not too unusual to hear a young boy talking about Thomas while waiting for or in a train. It's often been the only real conversation I can understand elsewhere in Europe. ("Which one is this?" "It's red mummy, this is James!")
Oh, mine do both.
Crash into the couch.
"Bust my buffers!"