Reader Opinions
Anonymous – (feel blue) March 15, 2022
The term originally came from sailors.
Marko – (break a leg) March 14, 2022
It originates from when successful theater performers would to bow so many times after a show that they would break a leg.
Anonymous – (Punctuation) March 14, 2022
In English language some people don’t know the different between bracket and parenthesis.
Gary – (a friend in need is a friend indeed) March 13, 2022
To me it sounds like when a so called friend is in trouble or needs help they become very friendly to you so not to jeopardize the help they want to receive from you
Uncle Ge – (out of one’s depth) March 11, 2022
“Beyond my depth” appears in Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, decades earlier than Killigrew’s work.
Iris Robin – (good egg) March 11, 2022
I used this phrase at work and my manager had no idea what it meant-he had never heard it. I grew up and schooled in NYC, he in Southern California. Is the phrase somewhat ‘geographical’?
Cat – (high on the hog) March 7, 2022
It really came from slave days. The master got the good portions of the hog to eat, which are literally high up on the hog. The slaves were given the intestines and feet, which are low on the hog. Over time the meaning has changed but still reflects wealth verses poor.
Sam Chambers – (happy wife happy life) March 6, 2022
Why don’t people have a sense of humour anymore? In the modern world, the phrase is used with sarcasm. It’s not meant to be taken literally. It’s an expression usually used in a quippical discussion to express and highlight the challenges within a marriage or relationship. It’s used with humour.
Karthika Devi Rajesh – (tie the knot) March 5, 2022
In south Indian marriages, the holy wedding thread with the mangalsutra or the holy pendant (unique to the family) is tied around the bride’s neck by the groom to solemnize the marriage.
Denzel Finley – (forty winks) March 5, 2022
Why 40 ? Why not 30 or 50 ?
