Reader Opinions
jack draughn – (crack of dawn) August 13, 2022
fm a milatary air navagator: around 3:00 e.s.t about 6:00 mid atlantic the sozzing pilotwoke up and said it stiinks in here copilot did you fart? copilot said no was i supposed to? nav. said “pilot that is the crack of dawn”.
sally – (the devil is beating his wife) August 11, 2022
I LOVE old sayings, though this one is a bit harsh! I can’t remember where I hear it first. but grew up in Dallas and have been in Austin since ’95.
Connie – (water under the bridge) August 6, 2022
I have always visualized this as puddles of water under a bridge on dry land that serve no significant purpose and eventually dry up.
Ro M – (cut the cord) August 1, 2022
I think of it in relation to divorce. Some pagans use actual cords to celebrate handfasting, aka marriage in a handfasting ritual. The cords are wrapped around the parties being married by the celebrant. If they part ways somewhere down the line then the cord is taken out and cut in half.
David Lee – (forty winks) July 30, 2022
I also had the same question as Denzel Finley. I was having a discussion about this with my wife and ended up searching for an origin of the idiom on Google, which led me to this website. I wonder if there are people who might have the same enquiry as me out there. If you do please leave a comment.
Brian Mitchell – (the devil is beating his wife) July 29, 2022
I was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. This was a well used phrase whenever it was raining and the sun was shining. I was stationed in Tustin, California. Noone except a couple of guys from Kentucky had heard it. Now I live in Western Kentucky and people look at me with confusion when I say it during sun showers. So I explain it to them. Kind of like how everything is a Coke here. Soda in California. Pop in Eastern Ky.
Anonymous – (the devil is beating his wife) July 29, 2022
I was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. This was a well used phrase whenever it was raining and the sun was shining. I was stationed in Tustin, California. Noone except a couple of guys from Kentucky had heard it. Now I live in Western Kentucky and people look at me with confusion when I say it during sun showers. So I explain it to them. Kind of like how everything is a Coke here. Soda in California. Pop in Eastern Ky.
Serrana Pilar – (on pins and needles) July 29, 2022
I think the more common phrase is “on tenterhooks”
I always thought pins and needles referred to the physical sensation similar to numbness
Shaunak Yalmar – (fortune favours the bold) July 24, 2022
This proverb gives us courage to face any challenges also it is very useful to write in an essay. As a student I used it in many places such like,in seminars to improve my speaking impact on student,in essay and more..because of this I probably use this proverb.
Caryl Lynn Young – (pull the plug) July 22, 2022
Corey Estoll
My grandmother and father used that term back in the 1950s. They were referring to pulling plug in bathtub. You are correct!!
