Reader Opinions
Nah – (keep your chin up) December 19, 2021
“Keep your chin up” means to walk with confidence and pride through the world. It’s directly related to your posture and body language as you face outward to present to observers in passing situations.
Linguistically; it was a natural precedent. If you’re observed walking through your life with your eyes facing downward, people will observe you as weak, subservient, and lacking character.
This idiom evolved naturally through masculine posturing and body language. Take the words literally. Try it yourself, you will notice the difference
Anonymous – (the devil is beating his wife) December 18, 2021
To be honest, the version i have always heard is “the devil is taking a piss.”
Banksie – (go the extra mile) December 13, 2021
The saying given by Jesus is in the context of His teaching in the Sermon on the Mount in which He challenges His disciples and the listeners to be more righteous than the Scribes and Pharisees; the pillars of virtue in Jewish society. In particular, going the extra mile is in the teaching beginning in v38 regarding “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” The challenge is for Christians, the followers of Jesus, to exemplify lives radically different from their society, characterised by grace toward others since Christians have received God’s undeserved grace. It’s all about the heart of the one going the extra mile, not on the one receiving the extra mile of service; i.e. the Roman soldier. This is why Anon’s and Queen Bogs comments are inconsistent with Jesus intended meaning.
Anonymous – (twenty-three skidoo) December 13, 2021
Both are correct… nickel movie and nickel jukebox.
Rick Shuler – (fill the bill) December 12, 2021
Thought the phrase referred to all items present to “fill” the “bill”; a bill of lading used in the shipping industry. It was an open, incomplete, bill until all the load’s items were present, thus “filled”, prior to acceptance or shipping.
Mark Griffin – (kill two birds with one stone) December 11, 2021
Thank you SHAMYAPRASA. I very much like “One stone, two mangoes” over the killing of birds as an inter-generational knowledge transfer.
Mark Griffin – (kill two birds with one stone) December 11, 2021
Synergy? Goes beyond efficiency of doing two things at the same time and involves organizational relationships:
“the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.”
“the synergy between artist and record company”
Bazim-Gorag – (blood is thicker than water) December 10, 2021
The whole “blood of the covenant” nonsense is actually a recent invention and most certainly is not the original.
David – (love is blind) December 10, 2021
I love Shila Kay. I do. (Veda too!) I’m astonished, dumbfounded and amazed all anew every time our eyes meet.♥️
Kate – (Verbs) December 10, 2021
Thank whoever is responsible for these knowlege they willingly impart to the world of learners.
