Beat Around the Bush
When someone beats around the bush they are often avoiding talking about something directly. The idiom is used when one person wants to tell another to…
When someone beats around the bush they are often avoiding talking about something directly. The idiom is used when one person wants to tell another to…
There are certain sayings that have become common use in everyday life that we just don’t realize the origins of. Some of them are way darker…
One of your favorite cheers for school you might remember as “Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all for our team stand up and…
You’ve heard the phrase before… brand spanking new. This idiom is often used simply to describe things that are new. Such as “The film is 15…
Earlier this week marked the first day of Winter. For many of us this means snow and lots of of it. For those of us in…
Wooden Nickels first made their debut in the 1930’s, mostly in the State of Washington, as a response to the need for currency during the Depression.…
Most people are familiar with the phrase “’til the cows come home,” but what do cows coming home have to do with any situation you might…
We’ve all faced those unavoidable challenges in life where we’ve had to bite the bullet, so to speak. The phrase is not uncommon and is used…
To “know your onions” means knowing a lot about a subject. It’s a phrase that isn’t so common anymore. It’s a child of 1920’s slang, a slang…
According to this common idiom, anything that costs “an arm and a leg” is very expensive. Many claim to know where the phrase “an arm and…