Reader Opinions
Loveyurself – (blowing smoke) November 18, 2019
The idiom “blowing off steam” actually comes from when they had steam trains and pulled something to let it go.
Charles Burge – (run a tight ship) November 12, 2019
I think the origin has not only something to do with the rigging but also with the hull structure itself. Timber sailing ships were normally flexible so that in stormy weather this flexing would result in the opening and closing of the seams and water would penetrate which would then have to be pumped out. A more heavily built ship with more rigid timbers [such as teak] resisted this flexing and leaked far less. It had a “tighter” construction and could withstand heavy weather with less effort spent on dealing with leakage, so was sailed more efficiently.
Anonymous – (two heads are better than one) November 11, 2019
Goes back further because its actually a scripture Ecc 4:9
John – (third time’s a charm) November 9, 2019
Reading through Acts 27/28 I reflected on the three escapes of death for Paul the apostle: Euroclydon, the soldiers counsel and the venomous viper. The latter or third one ushered Paul and the rest of the party(215) into three months of being honored with many honors.
University Student,(Deng by name) – (Punctuation) November 6, 2019
To Excell English, the speaker must comply with the rules given for each of the punctuation marks and be sure that there are some punctuation marks (exclamation mark) which can’t be used in academic writing.
Me – (blood is thicker than water) November 2, 2019
Yeah, this meaning is some what ok. The actual meaning is “family members have obligations with eachother than with people outside the family” and frame example with this
Lucas Belk – (high on the hog) November 1, 2019
I thought high on the hog ment you eat the lower part of the hog as in the higher part of the hog is the bad part and the lower part is the good.
Anonymous – (blood is thicker than water) October 30, 2019
It is actually “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb” meaning relationship formed by choice are more powerful than those formed by family ties.
Anonymous – (grass is always greener on the other side) October 28, 2019
I think the grass is always greener from other side because if we see a teacher we think that being a teacher it is very easy but it isn’t in real.☺️
Vedha – (the best of both worlds) October 25, 2019
Could you shrink the origin please
