Reader Opinions
Baby Lincoln – (all up) January 5, 2021
Kevin, I think I can’t stand up anymore … cuz I got shot in the knees. It’s all up for me now. You gotta go. I am gonna tryna stop em even tho I barely can press the trigger but before you leave me please promise me you will always take care of my kids.
Monisha – (rise and shine) January 5, 2021
To wake someone up gently and positively
Georgi Valchanov – (ring a bell) January 5, 2021
I wonder if this has something with musical harmony.
Ramesh Joshi – (the devil is beating his wife) January 4, 2021
No one is going to marry a devil and therefore a devil is not likely to have a wife. Therefore it means it is an unlikely thing to happen
Ramesh Joshi – (to the nines) January 4, 2021
I feel ‘to the nines’ may have originated from the marking system prevailing then. It may mean ‘nine marks out of ten’
Stephen – (the devil is beating his wife) January 3, 2021
In Hawaii it’s “liquid sunshine”
Olubajo Olukorede – (Figure of Speech) January 3, 2021
I love the site but my problem is verbal communication in English.
No One – (old habits die hard) January 2, 2021
“The origin of the phrase old habits die hard is unknown, but it has been in use at least since 1758 when it appeared in an article penned by Benjamin Franklin.”
I haven’t found a source yet, but like many sayings, it could have been adapted to English from an idiom found in early Jewish texts or the Tanakh (or Old Testament). Sayings like “nothing new under the sun”, and many more can be found in The Book of Solomon (Proverbs), and various other books.
Noor Mohammad – (Punctuation) January 1, 2021
Punctuation is derived from a Latin word punctum which means a pause or a stop.Thus punctuation means to put a pause or stop at a right place.
Punctuation marks are divided into three categories:
1. End punctuation
2. Word punctuation
3. Internal punctuation.
Anonymous – (drop like flies) December 31, 2020
And the first cold weather, boom, they’re gone.
