Reader Opinions
Tabitha Ezra – (steal thunder) January 21, 2019
I didn’t know about its origin. So amazing thanks
Hp Pathak – (like a bat out of hell) January 20, 2019
It mean that very fast and which the happened as like sudden
Californian – (break a leg) January 19, 2019
It is considered bad luck to say “good luck” to a performer before they go on stage for a performance (it is, in a way, insulting also because they don’t need luck if they have skill). That is why people say “break a leg:” because it is just about the worst thing that could happen to you while on stage, so it is the opposite of saying “good luck.”
Sherry Butt – (bird of passage) January 18, 2019
It is difficult to find a bird of passage
Peter – (that’s the way the cookie crumbles) January 17, 2019
When I was young (1940’s) , whenever my mother made a summer pudding which had to be upturned to come out of the dish, the person who was sitting facing the place where the pudding broke always was served first. I always assumed that was the origin of the phrase!
John Cooper – (Punctuation) January 16, 2019
So very helpful and refreshing to an “ole timer'” hell-bent on rediscovering correct english
HHH – (Verbs) January 16, 2019
Is there a present past and future verb?
Tammy R – (bury the hatchet) January 11, 2019
From the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy and burying weapons beneath the tree of peace.
Swami Mounananda – (cut the mustard) January 8, 2019
The idiom ‘cut the mustard’ gets my goat !
I like it better than ‘pass muster’.
I wanna publish but cannot quite cut the mustard.
Blue eyed girl? – (blue eyed boy) January 8, 2019
“blue eyed girl” should be considered as well.
