Friday’s Phrase – Deaf as a Post
A whimsical and informative look at the idioms, phrases, proverbs and colloquialisms we commonly use, what they mean, and where they came from.
Friday’s Phrase – Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
This is more a proverb than an idiom, and as with most wisdom the origin is ancient and unknown. We have some clues, however.
Friday’s Phrase – “Bite the Bullet”
Welcome to the weekly series “Friday’s Phrase”. A whimsical and informative look at the idioms, phrases, proverbs and colloquialisms we commonly use, what they mean, and where they came from.
Friday’s Phrase – An Introduction
The phrase will need to meet one standard. It needs to be a readily recognized phrase for most people for whom English is their native tongue. I will endeavor to provide for each phrase, a definition, a history of its first use on print, the origins of the phrase (hopefully, removing fiction from the facts), and finally my own thoughts.
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