Reader Opinions
Anonymous – (keep your nose clean) August 21, 2019
Solving idioms is to fix something bad, polite or impolite, to help with socialism.
That is how speech-language pathology comes about.
Kieth – (apple of one’s eye) August 19, 2019
The 885 AD writing was in Old English.
The Old Testament is in Hebrew. Not English.
In the Old Testament Hebrew the term is
“the pupil of the eye ” not the apple of the eye.
To translate the same Hebrew word meaning into
English meaning the King James translators in 1611 used
the phrase “the apple of the eye” to convey the concept of “the center of attention e.g. that which
is most precious”.
Anonymous – (honesty is the best policy) August 15, 2019
I learnt this as a kid, honesty is the best policy. If my kids have broken the vase then I trust that they will come clean themselves because I have taught them that honesty is the best policy. No one in this particular political party knows that honesty is the best policy.
Anonymous – (time and again) August 14, 2019
It’s very helpful to have your site and I appreciate your intention to be clear about the way we use our language. To that end, please stop saying “American” when what you are saying is specific to the United States of America.
The United States of America is one of thirty-five countries on the continent of America. America is a continent, it is not a country. There is no American language.
Anonymous – (ring a bell) August 1, 2019
I was on a yacht today, the waves were big enough it was ringing the boats bell.. my partner captaining the vessel said when we hit the first big crest.. “holy shit, that one rang my bell”…
Anonymous – (two heads are better than one) July 26, 2019
H.D. Rouse translation of “The Iliad,” by Homer, Book 10:
“But if one more would go with me, that means more courage and more comfort. Two heads are better than one.”
If translation is correct, that would put the phrase in the late eighth or early seventh century BC.
Joyful – (fish rots from the head down) July 24, 2019
We use this “proverb” in the Greek culture and I strongly disagree that this “proverb” would in anyway pertain to President Trump, who is constantly attacked by the media and ‘regressives’.
Anonymous – (dig one’s own grave) July 16, 2019
By ignoring global warming, we are digging our own graves.
kt – (take for a ride) July 6, 2019
Perhaps the more widespread use of “take him for a ride,” in connection with murder, was prompted by the phrase’s use in the 1928 film LIGHTS OF NEW YORK. This was considered a very poor movie (both then and now) but it holds the distinction of being the very first “all-talking” motion picture (I.e., without any silent sequences). Everyone seemed to come away remembering the film’s “take him for a ride” exchange.
Frank – (drop a bombshell) June 28, 2019
I would like to know a synonym for dropped a Bombshell for example Bolt out of the blue
