Reader Opinions
David – (Nouns) September 17, 2020
“Hair” is not always plural. Example: “His hair is gray.” Nobody would say “His hair are gray”.
Somdutta Roy – (charity begins at home) September 16, 2020
We should help our parents at home like a example helping my mother in doing the dishes. We should never neglect our parents because they are the first person to help us in our life by correcting our mistakes and letting us lead our life easily so we should help them in any way we could .
FatRat22 – (sit on the fence) September 16, 2020
It doesn’t tell who made the idiom or why they made the idiom
Ramesh Joshi – (turn aside) September 14, 2020
To turn aside – I would also suggest an alternative word
“to side track.”
Shashikant Tiwari – (as long as) September 14, 2020
I will keep exercising as long as I don’t make good physique.
Anonymous – (wag the dog) September 13, 2020
Perhaps these diffintions are part of ‘wagging the dog’ so that people won’t really know what this phase means. Lol
Zohreh Iraniparast – (break a leg) September 13, 2020
Good luck would be considered bad luck. Therefore an alternative way of wishing luck was developed. An expression that uses words to mean something different than what they usually mean.
Victor. S – (beauty is in the eye of the beholder) September 12, 2020
My main question.
Is this saying used more often then not in a negative way?
(Or is it really just how the person interprets the feeling you express or how you decide to apply what you say before adding the phrase?)
Ann – (time and again) September 10, 2020
“Time and again” is correct not “time and time again.”
Mitra – (break a leg) September 10, 2020
It was a very interesting and funny term that we wish to break someone’s leg in order to be successful. 😂
