Reader Opinions
Bob Enyart – (dot the i’s and cross the t’s) August 11, 2020
Our modern phrase is an Anglicization of an ancient Hebrew expression as used by Jesus in Matthew 5:18. “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” The “jot”, iota (as in, “not one iota”), or yod, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet and the tittle is the smallest stroke in a Hebrew letter.
Anonymous – (still waters run deep) August 11, 2020
Quiet but can be dangerous.
Anonymous – (self-made man) August 10, 2020
The phrase was coined in 1852 by Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate.
Ramesh Joshi – (fan the flames) August 10, 2020
In my childhood, my mother used to cook food on firewood. To ignite the fire she used a fan
and moved it to and fro for a few minutes. Reading the idiom, my late mother’s picture came
to my mind. Might be this custom was prevalent in many parts of the world in old times.
Anonymous – (prevention is better than cure) August 10, 2020
Please give answer who do we say that precaution is better than cure and what is immunity? Explain the concept of vaccine.
Anonymous – (fake it till you make it) August 9, 2020
Mary K cosmetics used to teach this phrase to their employees most of them will never make it, (dress the part fake it till you make it)!
Mike Morris – (familiarity breeds contempt) August 9, 2020
Jesus’s comment precedes others.
Matthew 13:57
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
Peter – (hard cheese) August 9, 2020
This expression evolved/morphed into today’s expression “Aw, geez.”
April Grammer – (love is blind) August 9, 2020
Yes it is said that love is blind and I fully believe that but if you are like many people in this day and age in our society it can also be said that we are often blinded and can’t even see that the person who we love and feel like they don’t love us in all reality actually does love us . So sad but true that a person today is to blind to realize that their partner actually does love them and after all the jealousy and accusations argument after argument later on down the road they shamefully and regrettingly realize that they did love them after all but because of their blindness to let love in they missed it !
Martin – (pie in the sky) August 8, 2020
Not only Joe Hill used this phrase in a song. When Johnny Cash borrowed it for his famous song “(There’ll Be) Pie In The Sky”, he interpreted the words in their positive, Christian meaning.
