Reader Opinions
Auna Blessing – (icing on the cake) August 18, 2018
I also am an American, in my mid-forties, and well-read. And I have NEVER heard or read the term “frosting on the cake.” Though we do put frosting on our cakes. We also put icing on our cakes. It depends. Frosting is a very creamy fluffy layer, and icing is either a drizzled mixture of sugar and water or a white, sweet decorative touch which looks very much like snow. We also refer to fondant exclusively as icing, never calling that frosting. Please don’t keep telling people that Americans say “frosting on the cake”! That’s the strangest thing that I have heard in a while. Also, to the lady that is wondering would someone in the 60s have said “icing on the cake,” the answer is a resounding “YES”! Like it says in the above article, the phrase has been used since they started putting icing on cakes. (However I don’t with certainty know that that’s true, given their mistake of saying Americans say “frosting on the cake.”) Anyway, the 60s really were not that different than today, linguistically, and they would have definitely used the term then.
Anushaka – (meet halfway) August 12, 2018
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Jatin Arora – (cock and bull story) August 8, 2018
She also try to make cock and bull story but I never believe on her story.
Ben Tenyson – (as busy as a bee) August 5, 2018
Meaning: Necessary to have a bee related DNA in the Omnitrix.
Example : He is as busy as a bee but not Ben Tenyson.
TheIdioms.com – (raining cats and dogs) August 3, 2018
Dear Deepa,
It is an idiom. It can also be classified as a metaphor as the rain is being compared to cats and dogs.
Kind Regards
Deepa – (raining cats and dogs) August 2, 2018
Is it an idiom or paradox or a metaphor? What kind of expression is it?
Derrick – (apple of one’s eye) August 1, 2018
So is the “apple of my eye” ok to use with students? I ask because growing up I’ve have teachers use it as a term of endearment and as of way of appreciation, and I myself have used it before with my students years ago. I just want to make it’s ok. I don’t want anyone to mistake it for something it’s not.
HB – (a cinch) July 28, 2018
Last night’s victory was a walkover.
HB – (at daggers drawn) July 28, 2018
It’s mainly used in British English.
Mohit Singh Negi – (as busy as a bee) July 28, 2018
Meaning:- very busy
Example:- As bees get busy every time to get honey, we also must be busy to achieve.
