Recent questions tagged expressions

Description : Since the adoption of masks, have you improved in "reading" people's eyes?

Last Answer : Nope, did my best to ignore the mask nonsense.

Description : When is it a solution a knee jerk reaction and when is it just a bad idea, not a knee jerk reaction?

Last Answer : A knee jerk reaction is about responding to something in the moment, with no thought to cause, reason, or outcome. When someone has thought things through, and still responds in a negative way, that is considered bad judgement.

Description : What does death on wheels mean?

Last Answer : It refers to a vehicle that is prone to being involved in devastating accidents. It is a slang term, often applied to motorcycles or very fast cars that are difficult to control. People applied it to the Chevrolet Corvair and the Ford Pinto.

Description : "It's all downhill from here": good or bad?

Last Answer : Context, context, context. And perspective. I’ve used that phrase to mean both things, so I would judge by context, tone of voice, and body language to decide whether to be delighted or distressed.

Description : Is this expression out of style? You know; like "right on."?

Last Answer : Pretty much

Description : When did people start saying, "pulled pork" and "pull her file?"?

Last Answer : answer:It happened around the same time ‘by accident’ somehow became ‘on accident’, and the birth of the expression “to conversate” with someone. A lot of young people intentionally mispronounce ‘ask’ as ‘axx’, I guess because they think it makes them sound more ‘street’.....

Description : Where did the expression "junk" originate?

Last Answer : Junk is also a type of boat….I wonder if that is somehow involved.

Description : Do you say, "to be honest with you...." Why or why not?

Last Answer : answer:In my experience, saying to be honest usually means that the person is about to say something that s/he feels people will object to and/or be offended by. I don't think it ... coming from - it could be interpreted as declaring that the following statement will be a rare, honest one.

Description : Is winking a part of your expressive repertoire?

Last Answer : *no

Description : Do you have a favourite idiom or expression?

Last Answer : “Dayo” is my catch-all expression, meaning hello, what’s up, that’s cool, etc. Probably from Harry Belefonte’s Banana Boat Song.

Description : Where did the expression, "So help me Hannah," come from?

Last Answer : I’ve never heard that expression and my name is Hannah… Sorry I’m no help. :)