Reader Opinions
Hadley – (coin a phrase) July 14, 2020
The association with invention is the ironic part I believe.
Joe Bradford – (third wheel or fifth wheel) July 11, 2020
Today a fifth wheel refers to a pick up truck towing a HUGE trailer from the bed of the pickup.
Sophie – (dot the i’s and cross the t’s) July 8, 2020
I’m multilingual and I’m from Europe, I’ve come across this idiom in both latin and german based idioms. In Portuguese they say ‘pôr os pontos nos i’s” or in dutch “puntjes op de i zetten”. It’s interesting how language has evolved.
Rasheeda – (all that glitters is not gold) July 8, 2020
In this thought it says anything that has glitters or shine is not always expensive or gold
Pete Iacullo – (shoot from the hip) July 6, 2020
The origin of this idiom is much older than “cowboy shooting”. In the early days of hand-held long arms (rifles, but specifically muskets), because the ignition mechanism was external, it often would ignite more explosively and cause facial injuries when the rifle was aimed for a precise shot. Riflemen were afraid to get hurt, so they began the practice of shooting the musket away from there face, even though the aim was not precise. When fired, these guns had a heavy recoil, so rather than support the gun from their shoulder, they supported it “from their hip”. Thusly the expression “to shoot from the hip” implied that an action or words were not precise, but approximate and may not exactly hit the target (ie) achieve the exact result.
Zoe Hayward – (devil’s advocate) July 6, 2020
Leviathan is not a demon name for envy. As god created it without sin.
Anonymous – (wash dirty linen in public) July 3, 2020
She thought it was time to wash her dirty linens in public, who knew she could be so brazen!!
Luv2laf – (the devil is beating his wife) July 2, 2020
I have also heard that if the sun is out when it rains that in Puerto Rico’s version is that it means “The Witch is getting Married.”
Luv2laf – (the devil is beating his wife) July 2, 2020
I heard that if you put the pin in a tree you could hear her crying.
Sherrie – (tighten belt) July 2, 2020
I wonder too about how belt-tightening can help decrease the feeling of hunger when you don’t have enough food.
