Reader Opinions
Tony Higgs – (keep your chin up) November 16, 2021
JohnK had a good comment about those sayings that are cold and of no help. “Suck it up.” and “Man up.” for example. “Keep your chin up.” or “Chin up.” could be thought of as the same unhelpful broadcast. However, when reading about posture and the communication between mind and body, “Keep your chin up.” had relevance.
Simon Sidewalk – (home is where the heart is) November 12, 2021
I’m homeless and heartless, this idiom offends me. Also, why are you people talking about Hearthstone?
Anonymous – (hit the sack) November 12, 2021
It is OK to say “I am going to hit the sack” when you are intending to go home and go to sleep. One should avoid asking someone to hit the sack together with them, unless you are quite sure that they would agree to such a thing.
Mariah – (keep the wolf from the door) November 11, 2021
My son and I were in our living room watching TV and the front door was open and we could see the screen door. This night a face of a wolf could plainly be seen on the screen. It had never been there before. It was so pronounced that I was able to draw a picture of it. When my husband returned from his trip, I learned he had been unfaithful to me and wanted to end our relationship. That’s what the wolf was representing.
Anonymous – (mark my words) November 10, 2021
Mark my words have different meaning depends how you use them. But “mark my words” is most use in the American language. Too warn others what the out come of someone actions will be or what will happen in the future. Like” If he drives like that in the street, he soon will end up dead or killing someone. Mark my words.”
But it all comes down how you use them in various dialogs.
نجمه – (hit the sack) November 10, 2021
Is it impolite to say “Hit the Sack”to someone?
Jacob – (break a leg) November 10, 2021
Well, I think “break a leg” is an informal phrase, therefore it is not suitable for formal occasion or in writing particularly. it is really very expression. But I think breaking someone’s leg for oneself is a paltry idea.
Munir Ahmed – (lights are on but nobody is home) October 31, 2021
It is not just about someone but something as well. Example: Funding was not an issue when this behemoth edifice was built in but soon you step into this, you get the feel lights were on but no body was home.
Samuel D Addington – (a bed of roses) October 30, 2021
What about the thorns?
Tony Prichard – (fingers crossed) October 29, 2021
What about people in earlier times crossing their fingers when making a vow that they really didn’t mean ?
