Reader Opinions
Obbo Joshua – (in hand) March 31, 2021
This idiom describes something under control or something in hand e.g a bird in hand is worth than two in bush.
Obbo Joshua – (white elephant) March 31, 2021
The idiom white elephant describes someone or and item that’s costly but with no use.
Obbo Joshua – (in the red) March 31, 2021
The idiom is describing the status, because red refers to instability and something is wrong.
NahImGood – (blood on hands) March 31, 2021
Do you think this has it’s origins in Macbeth where lady Macbeth tries to clean her hands representing her guilt?
Skitmom – (the devil is beating his wife) March 30, 2021
My paternal grandma (born 1909 in Missouri) used to say, “The devil is beating his wife” to describe rain while sun was shining. I asked her why, she didn’t know; it was just something ppl said 😉
Anonymous – (turn over a new leaf) March 30, 2021
The word for the “page” of a book in Old English was “leaf”, which is the same word as the “leaf” on a tree. This is the case in many European languages today. The word “leaf” to mean “page” today in English survives only in its diminutive form of “leaflet” which means a small unbound paper page.
In Spanish, “hoja” means the “leaf” on a tree, and also the “page” of a book, and a “sheet” of paper, or even a “sheet” of steel. But spanish also has a synonym for a book’s “hoja” which is “página” (this latter word being etymologically related to the word “page”) which refers only to the “hojas” of books but not to “hojas” of a tree.
Garreth – (the devil is in the detail) March 29, 2021
Gustave (with an ‘e’) Flaubert was a French novelist. He wrote “Madame Bovary”, “Salammbo” & “Sentimental Education”, amongst others.
Rukayya Junaid – (Punctuation) March 28, 2021
Punctuation marks are symbols that are used to aid the clarity and comprehension of written language.
Rizwan Ansari – (all Greek to me) March 28, 2021
Fist day of my Chinese classes when teacher started teaching me. it was all Greek to me.
Lu🍀 – (the devil is beating his wife) March 27, 2021
In Argentina, I’ve heard that if there is a sunshower, a witch is being borne or will be borne.
