Reader Opinions
Sumi – (way around) March 28, 2017
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Kanav – (cloud nine) March 22, 2017
I am on cloud nine hey do you know who am i i am the richest person in world bill gates. Hey Micheal Rinker you are nice once i was also doing like this only but after i am co founder of Microsoft richest man on earth. Really i have all web sites like wiki and etc but i had this website nice and the best please i want to meat you so please give your phone no. Who had made it this message is from bill gates but it seems like order.
Sanchita – (die in harness) February 27, 2017
Benelovent, instead of feeling sorry for us try to get your facts right. An average Indian knows at least two languages. I know three languages.
Megence Fuzha – (ring a bell) February 20, 2017
Strong language describing our actions and behaviour.
The Idioms – (in deep water) January 27, 2017
We are really sorry for inconvenience dear Dawn.
We always try our best to bring our user the maximum information about every idiom. Our contributors and authors couldn’t find much about “in deep water” phrase, that’s why it looks incomplete.
Regards,
The Idioms Team
Seeya – (cock and bull story) January 26, 2017
She pursues her boss with cock and bull story to sanction her leave for next week.
Is it correct?
Dawn – (in deep water) January 22, 2017
The information on Google for this idiom and others I’ve seen states that you provide the origin. You do not. It is misleading and frustrating as I’m trying to give information for my students in class. I suggest you update this so as not to provide misinformation.
Praveen Kumar Reddy – (a bed of roses) January 20, 2017
Whenever we take a bold decisions, whether it is comes a bed of roses or not.
Jane Howard – (die in harness) January 15, 2017
Its a reference to a ‘war horse”, when armies rode to war. A member of the military who dies while still in service dies “in harness”. A different way (poetic even) of saying the person was working up until his death and as horses are thought of as god’s most noble creature, is a way of honoring him (or her). This naturally led to the term being used in other professions as well.
Example: Joseph Radetzky, a veteran of Marengo, Wagram and other smoky battles of the Napoleonic wars, was one of the military glories of the now defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lived to be over 90 and died in harness. For years he fought the red-tape artists who taught that military science, like the Rock of Ages, never changed.
The measure of his success, as chief of staff and Field Marshal, may be found in the fact that during his lifetime Austria occasionally won a fight. After his death came the evil days; Austria was beaten by Louis Napoleon, by Bismarck, and, finally, in the World War. Francis Joseph, fated to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire for some three-quarters of a century, was not born under a military star; he went forth to battle and he always- well, almost always- fell.
Marianne – (bury the hatchet) January 8, 2017
After a few months, Janet and Mary decided to bury the hatchet and become friends again.
