Reader Opinions
Kenneth L Kaftan – (ahead of the curve) September 24, 2023
A pilot will sometimes, on final approach, operate the aircraft on the “backside the curve” if it especially windy. This is similar to paddling a boat when in the rapids i.e. it provides the pilot with more control essentially forcing the plane through the wind and making a safe landing. Since the throttle is already at high power the pilot, to do a “go around” would just need to reduce the flaps to gain altitude. IMO
Anonymous – (so so) September 20, 2023
So?
It also means “What are you trying to say/convey.”
Marcella – (within earshot) September 20, 2023
My friend from California never heard this word, but I used it, and I’m from Maine.
Avi Leidner – (throw under the bus) September 19, 2023
It’ll throw a couple decades of British journalism and political culture under the bus to uphold its authority over the origin and accounts of heavily traded pop culture currency.
Quite an extensive list and tracing of [to be] “pushed under the bus” has been cataloged with print citations of that exact form dating back to 1971, while antecedent citations with other means of coming to be “under the bus” (including to walk, fall, go, and be dropped) extend through identified citations in print and television media dating back to the early 1960s. But only in the UK.
Aiswarya – (back to the wall) September 18, 2023
I had my back against the wall when I had to bribe a student to get exam answers for a bully who blackmailed me.
Juan Chaco – (run a tight ship) September 17, 2023
To “run a tight ship” vs a “loose ship” actually has much more serious implications. A captain who ran a tight ship was more demanding of the sailors in keeping everything in order and some resented it. However, if there was a storm or other emergency, the “tight” ship was prepared and the “loose” ship was not and many times went down.
Anonymous – (up and about) September 16, 2023
Up [ out of bed ]
and
about [ his/her business ]
Jacob – (all the way up) September 15, 2023
ESPN, which likes to include slang from the African-American community in its highlights, must mean an athlete has reached his peak
Stephanie Soressi – (just deserts) September 8, 2023
Leaving the final e rather than discarding it in adding the plural signifier would lessen confusion: just desertes — the final 4 letters being pronounced just as with the (albeit most singular) Descartes.
Bradley Eugene Myers – (keep your nose clean) September 6, 2023
I have never heard that phrase to do anything with cocaine and I done cooking for years I mean I’ve been clean for 8 years but I never heard that term they use that way for that reason now keep your nurse out of it other people’s business I’ve heard that part you know but really keep your nose clean really actually to mean to me and everybody else I know is to just not get in trouble and stay out of trouble.
