Reader Opinions
C Balthrop – (call a spade a spade) November 28, 2021
I am not suggesting the use of any term that’s intended to be hurtful or insensitive but should the facts not be provided in the most truthful and uncensored manner as it was originally applied? What good is recording or reporting history if what is being noted isn’t done accurately? Learning accurate facts of the past can help everyone not repeat those mistakes.
Jonathan – (keep your friends close and your enemies closer) November 26, 2021
Too bad each US President and his followers don’t read the Art of War by Chinese all around student of Life as I would like to call is what Sun Tzu was. Just might keep us from going to war or loosing anymore. I know it is taught in War Colleges around the world. General George S. Patton read Rommel’s book on Infantry Attacks. Gen. Patton learned to understand his enemy very well. And, there is George Santayana “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. which Churchill misquoted. Live and die with ignorance is not the way to go. Apply such things in your own personal life and you just might avoid a messy divorce!
John Dho – (rule of thumb) November 24, 2021
The rule of thumb may have originally come from the miller’s technique of rubbing freshly ground flour between the thumb and forefinger to test the grind, course to fine, of the flour or meal. This was especially true when partially automated mills originally powered by water, vastly increased milling speed. A misadjusted milestone would quickly ruin the flour and the miller’s profits, so the rule of thumb was critical to the success of any mill.
Jameson Long – (brownie points) November 22, 2021
Its akin to brown nosing, which means putting your nose up anothers rear end, which is a colloquial way of describing one who overly tries to please another for personal gain (brownie points).
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?
