Reader Opinions
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.
Pati – (the devil is beating his wife) July 1, 2020
Funny, in Marion, SC, a coworker during a sun shower “the devil is beating his wife”… I said “where the heck did you hear that?” She then said “if it lightenings during a sun shower, ‘the devil is beating his wife behind the kitchen door’”
Cracked me up!
basil – (speak of the devil) July 1, 2020
If I want to say in a good way, that a respected person arrived while talking about him or her, what can I say other than “speak of the devil”?
Steve – (high on the hog) June 30, 2020
I thought this was referring to the tenderloin which I think is the best part of the hog Just like on a deer tenderloin, which is the best part of the deer, and is considered the most tender muscle group.
Ayesha Zafar – (still waters run deep) June 29, 2020
It simply means that a person because of her appearance might look an idiot but he has the best vision.
Jon Erland – (ring a bell) June 28, 2020
What about the prophet Muhammed? In a wall known hadith, the prophet is asked about how he receives the messages from the Archangel. – Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, he said.
Anonymous – (mark my words) June 28, 2020
“merken” in GERMAN means to notice. Did ‘mark’ mean notice in old English?
Peter – (like a hole in the head) June 28, 2020
Maybe the derivation comes from the medical practice of trepanning, drilling holes in the skull to cure various ailments. Many doctors favoured this practice for thousands of years and some patients believed it beneficial but the benefit derived from the placebo effect.
