Reader Opinions
Patricia – (the devil is beating his wife) June 16, 2021
I grew up in north western Pennsylvania and never heard this phrase. We always looked for the rainbow that usually comes afterwards. I like the Hawaiian version of liquid sunshine. 🙂
Gbene – (in black and white) June 16, 2021
It is amazing but they are different meanings of In black or white
Joseph L Moser – (whole nine yards) June 12, 2021
Back when I was about 11 years old, we moved to an older (i.e., from the 40s or 50s) house out in the country In the basement was a “room” that had an opening toward the main street in front of the house. Someone told me that was the ‘coal bin’ used to heat the house and power the stove in the kitchen, and that trucks would bring loads of coal and “dump the coal down a chute into that room. I have looked at Internet images of trucks that would make such deliveries and it looks like 9 cubic yards of anthracite coal might fill one of those “high lift dump” trucks. So if someone was filling such a room in their basement, they might want to buy “the whole nine yards”
Anonymous – (go by the book) June 7, 2021
“The book” could possibly mean the Hebrew and/or Christian Bible, and to “go by” it, would mean to follow the laws and commandments laid out in it.
David Harold Anderson – (at the drop of a dime) June 6, 2021
To drop a dime is to make a phone call.
Tex – (the devil is beating his wife) June 6, 2021
Triggered. I don’t believe a 320 y.o. idiom normalizes domestic violence. Jeeze people drop the faux morality
David Roddis – (a little of what you fancy does you good) June 4, 2021
This is very much a British (English) phrase, and it is from the Cockney dialect. In other words, it is working-class slang. It would not be used by “proper” English speakers. This is more to do with class distinctions than impropriety. Also, your definition say “coveted” way of talking about sex. I don’t understand this unless you meant “covert” way, i.e. a secret or hidden way of talking about sex. “Coveted” means “highly valued and desired.”
Williams Godwin – (Figure of Speech) June 4, 2021
The thoughts on the site stole my night, and I didn’t mind, for it’s fun reminiscing those wonderful figures of speech.
Wendy Cunliffe – (when life gives you lemons) May 31, 2021
If life gives you lemons, give them back and demand chocolate instead.
Gagan Kaur Maan – (Prepositions) May 31, 2021
It’s a wonderful n brilliant explanation of prepositions I have learnt so many things from this brief introduction. I obviously suggested most of the masses to read and learn something new.
