Reader Opinions
Khuram – (call it a day) February 10, 2018
After 30 years of active service my father called it a day last month.
Mike Lance – (rise and shine) February 6, 2018
The origin of this phrase is much older. The earliest use of ‘rise and shine’ in print is in Isaiah 60:1. King James Version, 1611, gives that as: “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.”
OV – (when pigs fly) February 6, 2018
It is a real expression that people do use, certainly in England.
Dale Dealing – (once in a blue moon) February 2, 2018
I think the definition is incorrect. The phrase “once in a blue moon” is an Indian phrase for the 4th full moon of a season, Europeans came along and started calling the 2nd full moon of a month a blue moon. The time between a true blue moon is much longer than 32 months.
Brit – (get hitched) February 2, 2018
It doesn’t mean people are being tied together like a horse and a wagon. It’s an alternative form of “tying the knot”. In Celtic times, pagans tied their hands together in a hand-tying ceremony that was equivalent to marriage.
Akanksha – (born with a silver spoon in mouth) January 31, 2018
I am also born with a silver spoon in mouth. As I didn’t need to work hard. I get everything in time. 😁😁
Anonymous – (kick the bucket) January 29, 2018
When someone kicks the bucket, that means he has strength. Why should he die?
Elspeth Parris – (run a tight ship) January 28, 2018
Wouldn’t that have something to do with the tautness of the rigging? A ship with slack rigging is one that’s not being properly run- so to keep a tight ship would naturally come to mean efficiency, regardless of the strictness of the captain.
Ashlynn – (scapegoat) January 26, 2018
Wow so many different ways to put scapegoat in a sentence.
Sly Halsningar – (can’t judge a book by its cover) January 25, 2018
“Origin: This phrase has been in use since the mid 1800s.”
Really?
Cao Cao of Chinese Three Kingdoms used this phrases since 2th century.
