Reader Opinions
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.
Paul Harris – (all that glitters is not gold) March 26, 2021
It is “glisters” not glitters – glitter did not exist as a word in Shakespeare’s time.
Fathy Abdel Zaher – (in the red) March 25, 2021
The idiom is describing the status, because red always refers to the danger and instability. I like the idiom and will use it.
Amanda Wilcock – (come to a pretty pass) March 25, 2021
What is the origin of this expression? … fencing, jousting, etc?
Paul Kalizangoma – (raining cats and dogs) March 24, 2021
This phrase can be right in the sense that heavy rains is much noisy, a cat and a dog are great enemies and once they meet, it’s havoc, big fight that involves big noise similar to wind and heavy rain
