Reader Comments
Ivan Stefanovic – (fingers crossed) February 12, 2021
“Knock on the wood” is a synonym.
Dave – (Punctuation) February 11, 2021
I hate semi-colon. I don’t who invented it. It is plain ugly. I avoid it as much as possible. I use it only when it is not possible to avoid it.
Anonymous – (all is fair in love and war) February 11, 2021
If someone says nothing is fair.
James Wehner – (start from scratch) February 10, 2021
I have understood that bare knuckle prizefights used to have the fighters both toeing a scratch line. If one stepped out of bounds during the fight, they would once again “start from scratch.”
Marc Costello – (all is fair in love and war) February 10, 2021
All is fair in love and war meaning: This is a reference the to elimination of the general boundaries that normally exist between two people when love is established. As we are all aware that War will brutally remove all boundaries and guidelines; the irony that love can bring us this close to every end of emotional perceptions, and cause us to make irrational decisions that exceed our normal self expected definition. The force that changes everything we understand, as war also could.
George Dettenwanger – (time and again) February 10, 2021
I was told years ago that “time and again” was a way of saying “time and a half” and that double time could be said as “time and again and again” by a man who had once worked in industry.
Steven Trevail – (never look a gift horse in the mouth) February 9, 2021
Always look a gift horse in the mouth, as it may hold Greeks.
Aditi – (black mood) February 8, 2021
Whenever I am in a black mood, I recall all the things I’m grateful for.
Pooja – (bird of passage) February 7, 2021
Don’t trust to travelers they are just bird of passage.
Taffy Spaloss – (at arm’s length) February 7, 2021
“I will forever praise this God who didn’t close his heart when I prayed and never said no when I asked for help. He never once refused to show me his tender live. ” Psalm 66:20 God never holds me at arm’s length. I don’t get treated like everyone else. I’m his kid.
