Tag: phrases
- The last but not least reason
- “Catch one’s breath” vs “One’s breath caught”
- Looking for a phrase, word, etc., to describe tendency towards choosing an easy solution
- The origin of the joke ‘a freckle past a hair’ when one is asked the time of day
- “There are fish of every hue.” For different kinds of fish, should fish be in plural form here
- “Neither wonder” – is it a thing
- Origin of the phrase “to have no truck with”
- Why is the word “Honours” in plural form when used in “x Graduated with First Class Honours?”
- Is there a literal (non-figurative) meaning of “to turn the corner”
- The history of the phrase ‘hot button’ as in ‘hot button issues’