Reader Opinions
Marianne Jacob – (love is blind) December 8, 2020
Love is blind but marriage restored my vision.
Unknown – (the devil is beating his wife) December 8, 2020
Having lived in Alabama most of my life I’ve never heard this expression. We called it a sun shower.
It wasn’t until I moved to Oklahoma that I heard people refer to a sun shower as “the devil is beating his wife.”
Jolene – (stand your ground) December 5, 2020
If you are bullied, stand your ground and tell your teacher immediately.
Jolene – (halfway house) December 5, 2020
- Midpoint of recovery, progress.
- An inn or a place midway in the journey.
Anonymous – (water under the bridge) December 3, 2020
Always heard this, never understood it till now, thanks.
Anonymous – (break a leg) December 3, 2020
As Katelyn went to perform in the school play, her mother yelled, “Break a Leg!” She wanted Katelyn to do her very best.
Trines Ward – (eat humble pie) December 3, 2020
My understanding has always been that the word ‘umble’ (not numble) came to us, along with so many others, from the French after the Norman Conquest. It was an Anglicised version of ‘ombles’ the French word for a deer’s intestines. An umble pie came to be made of intestines from other animals as well as deer. A well regarded meal, it often graced the Christmas table!
Mary Jean Frazer – (everything but the kitchen sink) December 1, 2020
Old Sears Roebuck catalogs carried just about everything, but in my research of those catalogs I find that they did not sell kitchen sinks. Coincidence???
B Kaelian – (own accord) November 30, 2020
I found luckily the idioms dictionary with my own accord no one advised me.
B Kaelian – (stand your ground) November 30, 2020
It’s better to be safe than sorry so that all the countries must stand their ground to control the Carbon emissions which affects the planet significantly.
