Reader Opinions
Fred L. Curry – (a drop in the ocean) January 22, 2014
In “Founding Myths, Stories That Hide out Patriotic past, Ray Raphael quotes George Washington saying to the Congress in September 1776 ‘The few who act upon the Principles of disinterestedness are, comparatively speaking, no more than a drop in the Ocean.’ citing Washington to John Hancock, September 24, 1776, in “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript sources, John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. (Washington, DC: United States Government printing Office, 1931-1944), 6:107-108.
Khusan – (brownie points) December 12, 2013
Sara scored brownie points with her boss by volunteering to organize the company’s holiday party.
carol hall – (out of one’s depth) November 14, 2013
No. The meaning you have up there pertains to the idiom, “Out of one’s depth,” which means out of one’s league. i.e. I am out my depth in math. It is beyond my understanding.
There is a second idiom, “Out of the depths,” which means something rises out of something. For instance: Out of the depths of the Yangtze River in Central China, rises the Three Gorges Dam, over sixty stories high.
Branda English – (go bananas) August 8, 2013
Hmmmm, one more banana, idiom, lovely. 🙂
Idiom Guru – (cut both ways) August 8, 2013
Example given by a Facebook user on this Idiom:
Browsing Facebook cuts both ways, it makes us smarter, closer but lazy.
Perry – (in the can) July 5, 2013
Is this correct? If someone told me 70% of their work was in the can, I’d interpret “can” as “toilet”. Maybe I just use too much slang. lol
