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Showing posts with label what does that mean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what does that mean. Show all posts
Monday, June 18, 2012

Silhouette

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This word is used to indicate an outline, and originates from 18th century France .   Silhouette of Jane Austen Etienne de Silhouette...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Big Stink

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We use this phrase today in reference to a major scandal or uproar. It is usually used when referring to political scandals, although, this ...
Monday, June 04, 2012

Dressed to the nines

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We use this phrase to denote someone who is elegantly dressed. It generally indicates wearing clothing of fine quality or can refer to someo...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Hootenanny

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This term has two uses today. Hootenanny can refer to items that people forget the name of, in the same way that we use the terms thingamaji...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Ship-shape and Bristol fashion

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Many in North America have heard the term ship-shape in reference to high quality, but the Bristol fashion part is often not used. This phr...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Lemon

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I’m not referring to the citrus fruit, but rather the use of the term lemon in reference to defective cars or other flawed products. We use ...
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Monday, May 07, 2012

Frank

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This is a term used to describe someone as open and honest. We also use this term to indicate when we want to be open and honest with someon...
Monday, April 30, 2012

I heard it through the grapevine

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Are you singing the song? That’s good, but this phrase did not come from the popular song. Today, the phrase means to acquire information fr...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Curfew

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Today we associate a curfew with parents imposing a set time for their children to come home or to go to bed. In some areas a curfew can hav...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Peeping Tom

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I’m sure you have heard this phrase before, but I hope you haven’t been called it. A Peeping Tom is a man who is a voyeur. This person obser...
Monday, April 09, 2012

Rest on one’s laurels

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This phrase means to be satisfied with ones previous achievements to the point of considering further achievements unnecessary. Apollo...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Kick the bucket

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I’m sure you have heard this phrase used before. Today this phrase means to die. This phrase is odd in that you may wonder, “why is kicking ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Son of a gun

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Today this phrase is used as a term of affection or admiration. Originally, this phrase was used as a euphemism for a child born out of wedl...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Clean as a whistle

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This term generally means that something is clean or spotless. We use this phrase to refer to things that are exceptionally clean. The origi...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Luck of the Irish

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With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, I thought it would be prudent to find an appropriate phrase. Luck of the Irish is generally a phrase tha...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Teddy bear

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Everyone knows what a teddy bear is and I’m sure most of you have a childhood memory of having one. Of course, I’m sure there are some of yo...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

Pigeonhole

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This term means to put something to one side in order to come back to it later. It can also mean to classify something or someone into a spe...
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Thursday, March 01, 2012

Jump on the bandwagon

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This term refers to people who join a growing movement in support of something or someone, usually in an opportunist way, when the movement ...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Cut and run

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This phrase means to run away with all haste. Today you may hear it used by someone encouraging you to finish a task and not to run away f...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

You're the cat's pyjamas

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This phrase generally means that something is good or of high quality. The phrase originates from the roaring 1920s. In the 1920s the...
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