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…
Saved by the Bell
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…
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Two Bits, Four Bits, Six Bits, a Dollar!
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…
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Brand Spanking New
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…
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Raining Cats and Dogs
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…
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Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels
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.…
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‘Till the Cows Come Home
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…
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“Bite the Bullet”
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…
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Know Your Onions
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…
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It Costs an Arm and a Leg
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…
