Reader Opinions
Reema – (black sheep) May 18, 2020
Seeing idioms related to vijay Mallya seriously laughs me
Jules – (born with a silver spoon in mouth) May 17, 2020
Correction Ann said of Bush that he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. Combining two idioms for humor.
Prasoon Likhdhari – (go down in flames) May 12, 2020
Means ur try to approach someone in our love but she is not letting u do that not more than friendship 😂
Shreya Jadhav – (catch-22) May 12, 2020
I don’t get a job without having work experience but l can’t get experience until I get a job. Oh God, I am in catch 22 situation.
Craig Scognamiglio – (cut down) May 9, 2020
In the Middle English story of King Arthur, the king kills a giant. First he cut off his legs at the knees, literally cutting him down to size, and before dispatching him with Excalibur basically taunts him in Buffy the Vampire Slayer style, and this is a rough translation of the Middle English, “you are too tall by half, to be honest I hate that. You’ll be much more handsome at this height…” and then he administers the coup de grace. Arthur apparently liked to rub it in, which now, by the way, is a phrase that I seem to want to know the answer to 🙂
Krissi – (pipe dream) May 8, 2020
That makes total sense. I have always wondered where that saying came from. This site is fascinating to me. But I’m also someone who loves to know a lot of random things about a lot of random things. LOL 😆
Anon – (go the extra mile) May 6, 2020
The roman soldier was only allowed to order someone to carry his pack 1 mile. By carrying it 2 miles, the soldier would be in violation of the law and could be punished. The phrase was intended to be a passive fight back against an unjust system, not “putting in extra effort”.
Anonymous – (when it rains, it pours) May 5, 2020
The phrase originated as a slogan for the Morton salt company.
Rohit Chatrath – (in a pickle) May 1, 2020
In a pickle is the equivalent of saying in the soup. In the soup also means under trouble or hardship/ difficulty.
Rohit Chatrath – (bun in the oven) May 1, 2020
This bun in the oven is similar to saying ‘in the family way’ which also means pregnancy of a woman. Sometimes, a woman hesitates in saying it openly that she is pregnant. So, declaring that She’s/ I’m in the family way is the same.
