Reader Opinions
Summer – (the devil is beating his wife) August 2, 2023
Midwest here. always hear this in what we call a sun shower – when the sun is shining and it’s raining. Sometimes I hear it when something unexpected happens. Moved out to the pacific northwest recently when one day there was a sun shower – I casually said to a group of friends “well- looks like the devil’s beatin’ his wife again” – they all busted up with laughter as they’d never heard the idiom before.
Fred Harvey – (forty winks) July 23, 2023
Somewhere in the ether the real reason exists.
Claire – (a sight for sore eyes) July 22, 2023
If “a sight for sore eyes” is used negatively, that is done in error, not as an alternative meaning. That would do nothing but cause confusion. “A sight for sore eyes” was never intended to have a negative meaning. You rightly say that people confuse it with “eyesore,” which is negative.
Melynda Duh – (the devil is beating his wife) July 19, 2023
I am a Black American. My parents were born 1909 and 1910. They were born and raised on the Georgia/Florida line. I was raised in East Central Florida and have heard and been told and shared all of my life that anytime it is raining and the sunshines, too, the devil is beating his wife. It’s such a strange situation and statement I have no idea how it came about.
Ruth – (the devil is beating his wife) July 16, 2023
Middle Georgia here. My mother’s family always said the devil is beating his wife when it rained while the sun was shining. They were of English and Scots-Irish descent. I’ve never heard it called a sun shower—much more descriptive!
Peter DeHaan – (familiarity breeds contempt) July 13, 2023
This account about Jesus is also in Mark 6:1-6.
Ed Eichler – (home is where the heart is) July 11, 2023
I think our earliest home is where our primal attachments were formed, to family and neighborhood, friends, etc. We maintain a sense of this as “home” regardless of what life brings later, IMO.
AegonThe57th – (everything but the kitchen sink) July 6, 2023
I’m pretty sure it was Yosemite Sam when he eloped with Bugs dressed as granny…She’s decided to take a few things and begins tossing them out the window…”She’s taking everthing but the kitchen sink”…and then a kitchen sink fell on his head…classic…
James Reed – (zero hour) July 5, 2023
Wadoon Alam is an emotional infant and his comments should not be taken seriously.
Patricia Towers – (low hanging fruit) July 4, 2023
Billie Holiday’s song 🎵 also alerts my soul ! Strange fruit –Lynching. Low hanging fruits are related with monthly Picnics ! Oh how the times ⏲️ have changed, or have they ? Correct Education is a must !
