Reader Opinions
John Nicky – (low hanging fruit) July 27, 2020
I remember reading about, “low lying fruit” in Aesop’s Fables back in grade school. And of course there would be a moral to his story.
Newman.Ingrid – (fit of anger) July 27, 2020
A long way, you can finish step by step, and then you can’t reach without a foot
Anonymous – (burn the midnight oil) July 24, 2020
@Shreya, I hope you’re not a teacher. You are amazingly shortsighted! Your comment assumes this is not a positive sentence because “we are telling children to work late at night at the last moment.” This does not imply it’s at the last moment. Only then do you work hard at night.
Helena Fontaine – (vent spleen) July 23, 2020
…replaced by ‘let off steam’…as in steam engines… the dehumanization of Homo sapiens in the machine age…
yakubu Grace Amen – (Nouns) July 23, 2020
Add a missing information or your thoughts on this page …it was so easy using this piece to Tracy kids.thank you
Penelope Weddell – (the devil is beating his wife) July 23, 2020
Wow! I have never heard this expression. I am an English born South African and in South Africa we say it is a monkey’s wedding when it rains whilst the sun shines?
Anonymous – (the devil is beating his wife) July 22, 2020
We actually used to say “the devil is beating his wife and burning his biscuits?!” Where the heck did we get this?
Anonymous – (as for) July 21, 2020
I think, “as for me” is same to “as according to me.” Isn’t it?
Alex – (knotty problem) July 17, 2020
Well… A gordian knot is a metaphor for a very complicated problem , and the tale of the actual Gordian knot that Alexander unraveled by slicing it with his sword has been common knowledge for centuries.
I’m not sure that’s the true origin of the idiom, but I reckon it might have something to do with it.
Andrew Omo – (grass is always greener on the other side) July 16, 2020
The idiom does not ring true all the time. One needs to change job if the opportunity presents itself.
