Reader Opinions
Jacqui (native British speaker) – (hot potato) June 22, 2023
The key thing about this idiom, that is missing here, is that the hot potato is something that no one wants to deal with and it gets passed from person to person or organisation to organisation, or similar. This is why it is a *hot* potato, no one wants to hold it for long.
Philip J Lillies – (keep your friends close and your enemies closer) June 22, 2023
Well it’s pretty obvious. If you can form an alliance of any sort with you enemies however obnoxious they may be, do everything possible to keep it. The alternative is war. Take the example of Russia.
Christa – (like a hole in the head) June 21, 2023
I agree Peter! It’s a 7000 yr treatment for various things from headaches to mental illness. If they didn’t want a hole in their head, could it be because they didn’t want to be known for having an illness?
Michaei Jones – (forty winks) June 15, 2023
Most British people nowadays refer to a nap as ‘having 40 wanks.’
Sardonic Tim – (happy wife happy life) June 8, 2023
I hear it used (by men) chiefly to acknowledge the importance (or inconvenience) of compromise, and being attentive to (or tolerant of) a wife’s needs as an investment (or ruse) to maintain the health (or appearance) of the marriage. YMMV.
Lesa – (beg to differ) June 8, 2023
I beg to differ. I’m no expert but I feel this is a saying that someone at the side of the king, perhaps a clergyman or family member or squire etc.
The king had those he respects their opinions and ideas at his side It’s seems like something you would say humbly that is accepted or not not by the king to avoid enraging the king. You wouldn’t spew your opinion to the king unless you were allowed to. The king would accept and granted you permission to speak your difference in the matter at hand.
Melanie Shotwell – (button your lip) June 7, 2023
This is actually a rude way to tell someone to be quiet, not a subtle or polite way.
John RICHARDSON – (coin a phrase) June 6, 2023
I thought Coin a phrase was in fact from the printers Quoin a phrase where type was set and and locked into a chase with quoin keys
Anonymous – (eat words) June 3, 2023
“A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth” From the produce of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat it’s fruit.” Proverbs 18: 20,21
Ashley Mann – (money doesn’t grow on trees) May 26, 2023
The quote, “money doesn’t grow on trees” is wrong, seriously, dead wrong!
Money does come from trees.
From the very trees that provides oxygen for humans to breathe to live and provide shade and coolness from the hot, scorning sun on bright summer days. And if orchard trees, they provides food. As such, existence of comfort lasts a lifetime.
If it’s money, it’s more likely spend on oxygens to breathe, electric fans foe coolness, a bag of groceries, and other useless fads and even scammed by human parasities.
Yes, money made from dead trees, only give you a “quickie,” on instant gratification, then — poof, it’s gone.
