Reader Opinions
Mary Jean Adams – (icing on the cake) July 3, 2018
I am an American and have never heard anyone use the phrase “frosting on the cake.” Although we often call icing “frosting,” where I come from, the idiom remains the same as the British original.
Joshua R Jones – (no man is an island) July 3, 2018
No man is an island. No one is self-sufficient; everyone relies on others. This saying comes from a sermon by the seventeenth-century English author John Donne.
Tim Chan – (raining cats and dogs) June 28, 2018
I think Raining Cats and Dogs originated long time ago when strong winds (hurricanes or typhoons) grabbed up some cats and dogs and deposited them elsewhere. That ‘elsewhere’ received the animals together with the heavy rain and thus the saying started. 🙂
Paul Williams – (run a tight ship) June 22, 2018
You are correct Sir , if judging this saying historically (Which my DAD Would have done)
But the modernists as they always do, have a alternative meaning
Read the above as they say 😉
TheIdioms.com – (bide time) June 22, 2018
Hello Alex,
We appreciate your help and thank you for reporting the errors.
Theidioms Team
Alex – (bide time) June 21, 2018
The progressive form of bide is biding, not bidding. Also in the first example, the tiger bides time. You need third person -s.
Anonymous – (cock and bull story) June 20, 2018
They told some people don’t like cock and bull story.
Robert – (raining cats and dogs) June 20, 2018
Aliens… Dogs, Cats and Birds are aliens watching us. They came to earth from above.
Kenny – (the best of both worlds) June 18, 2018
What kind of images would you draw?
Einar Dyhr – (all in a day’s work) June 17, 2018
“All in a days work” from my experience, talking to people who lived through the Great Depression meant:
What ever you do: a working man trying to making ends meet; a patient in a hospital toiling with severe heath problem; a stock broker on Wall Street working to score a million, they all have a task to do, no matter how much or less time they contribute to the cause; it all sums up to “All In A Days Work”.
