Reader Opinions
Markeith Caddell – (Great Scott) October 23, 2022
Corruption by will of Germans to change God bless for their own sakes self man. This was wrong of them to do so I feel.
Wile E. Coyote – (raining cats and dogs) October 15, 2022
I heard cats n dogs would climb up in the ceiling for warmth at night and when it would rain on the thatched roofs it would run the cats n dogs out of the rafters in the ceiling.
Tendai – (turn the tables) October 12, 2022
And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “it is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
Matthew 21: 12-13
This is where I believe the idiom “turning the tables” originates from.
Jesus had just triumphantly entered the city of Jerusalem heralded as a king. And his first display of authority was to return true worship to God’s temple. This revolutionary move of reclaiming the temple changed everything for Jesus and his relationship with the Jews.
It was his only violent act that eventually lead to his death and mankinds salvation.
A true turning of the tide.
Surendra Singh – (break a leg) October 3, 2022
I feel that ‘Break a leg’ means ‘Give your Best’. This is a type of an encouragement which the near ones shout to their fellow/s who is/are going to take part in a completion. Perhaps this originated from a dance competition. Whoever danced for a longer period on a stage he/she would win. The dancing for a longer period means staying on your legs for a longer period and go on dancing till your legs give way, in other words, till your legs break. Hence ‘Break a leg’
Rex Mundi – (take with a grain of salt) October 1, 2022
Horse hockey! I’m taking this origin with a pinch of salt or a pinch of grains of salt or whatever.
Pliny the elder huh?
Boy that really is somethin ain’t it folks?
Daniel Renuart – (dig one’s own grave) September 26, 2022
I came across a similar expression some time ago…
“dig a hole for oneself”
I guess its meaning is not very different from “dig one’s own grave” although the latter might point out to more serious, permanent effects. Could you please clarify the difference existing between the two expressions?
And if you decide to write a post about expressions related to behaving in a way that is negative for oneself “shoot oneself in the foot” comes to mind, maybe “burn the candle at both ends”? Kind regards! Daniel
Anonymous – (the devil is beating his wife) September 26, 2022
Grew up in East Tennessee & I just turned 41. My grandmother & grandfather ALWAYS referred to it as the devil beating his wife when it rained & was sunny
T4MZ – (all that glitters is not gold) September 24, 2022
Can we say not all that glitters is gold?
Bill Collins – (go bananas) September 23, 2022
Guy Marks’ “Loving You Has Made Me Bananas” is a funny ditty.
E.A.A. – (whole nine yards) September 22, 2022
It refers to the full capacity of a standard ready mix concrete truck being nine cubic yards, and so the whole nine yards is the full load, instead of just partial.
