Reader Opinions
Rishika – (the early bird catches the worm) February 11, 2020
I did not got the ticket but my aunt got the last ticket because early bird catches the worm.
hihihihi – (on edge) February 6, 2020
I’m on the edge of yeeting.
Anonymous – (it’s better to be safe than sorry) February 6, 2020
An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure.
Anon a mouse – (blood is thicker than water) February 3, 2020
Everyone who keeps saying it’s actually older or longer, you need to post some kind of reference to support your argument. Otherwise I assume you heard it was longer or older and don’t care about facts.
Anonymous – (set off) January 31, 2020
I want to set off with my friends in 3 hours at Bengaluru.
Anonymous – (a piece of cake) January 27, 2020
Climbing up the Everest mountain ia not a piece of cake.
Confused – (best thing since sliced bread) January 23, 2020
Lol ok Clara, although I believe Red Skelton said this back in 1954.
Beheaded chix as a child – (like a chicken with its head cut off) January 21, 2020
Living on the Arkansas farm with my grandparents who were born in 1898, I was quite young 6-7 when I was taught to “wring chickens necks.” I’m sure it must have been pretty gruesome the first time I watched my grand mother do the same. But I have no remembrance of the event. I began living with them when I was only 3.
Anonymous – (spanner in the works) January 21, 2020
According to legend, the phrase was coined in New Zealand in 1828 in a place called Whangamomona. The world’s first ever oil well was supposedly drilled there. They have a plaque there to commemorate it. This is what it says…
This is the site of the World’s First Oil Well drilled here in 1828. Legend has it that Mr Ewen McGregor set up the derrick and drilled a hole 700 feet deep. All was going well and signs of an oil strike were imminent when his son Jethro dropped a spanner down the hole. From this incident the term, ‘A spanner in the works’, originated, and is now known world-wide. The spanner was not retrievable and so another hole was drilled, this time to 1200 feet, where gas was struck. Alas Ewen’s other son Cletus fell into this hole, and ended all prospecting on the site.
I have no idea if this is a hoax or not, but I have the photo from when I visited the township last month. Happy to send it through if you like?
Hoist Petard – (once in a blue moon) January 20, 2020
My wife who was born in Maui where the the night skies shimmer with stars, adds the distinction, “Once in a Great Blue Moon.”
