Reader Opinions
Sweety – (cloud nine) June 13, 2018
I am on cloud nine because of my parents marriage anniversary.
JEL – (crack of dawn) June 9, 2018
There are many theories as to the origin of this phrase. One is when the first rays of sunlight rise above the horizon and hit the rocks of hills or mountains, the rocks immediately start to warm and, depending on the rocks, can emit cracking sounds. Hence, the crack of dawn.
Madison Naruto – (bury the hatchet) June 8, 2018
After Sierra and Gopal stop talked to each other, they decided to bury the hatchet and become friends again.
Renold – (cost an arm and a leg) June 5, 2018
Why don’t you put ‘S’ at the third person sing of the verb to cast?
David – (tongue in cheek) June 1, 2018
I noticed that too Sanjay, but I honestly wondered if that was a sly hint of tongue-in-cheek instead of an accident.
Shamyaprasa – (kill two birds with one stone) June 1, 2018
This is a time honoured idiom in usage for five centuries. A parallel idiom is in Tamil language dating back to centuries: ONE STONE TWO MANGOES. The latter does not involve any killing!
Anonymous – (fate worse than death) May 30, 2018
Actually the ape was going to forcibly take Jane away as his mate when Tarzan intervened. That was the fate referred to as a thousand times worse than death.
Anonymous – (hang in there) May 23, 2018
May be the military?
Priya – (when pigs fly) May 23, 2018
Is it really possible or not?
Vivek Narain – (go to the dogs) May 2, 2018
Or it may return from the dogs if things improve.
