Neatorama Posts Tagged "idiom"
What is the Riot Act, and Why Don't I Want It Read to Me?...

You may have heard someone describing a chewing-ou...  ...t means when they say that, but what's behind the idiom ? At one time, it had to have made perfect sense t...  ...lse it wouldn't have fallen into common usage.The idiom , which has been in use for centuries, is generall...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/13/What-is-the-Riot-Act-and-Why-Dont-I-Want-It-Read-to-Me/
12 Idioms That Get Lost in Translation

If someone is looking too hard for a deeper meanin...  ...sense when you think about it. Every culture has idioms or old sayings that convey a common truth, but ca...  ...the creative team at NeoMam Studios took 12 such idioms from all over the world and illustrated them in p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/26/12-Idioms-That-Get-Lost-in-Translation/
Malaphors...

Combine malapropisms and mixed metaphors, and you'...  ...and you've got a malaphor. It's a "mixture of two idioms , creating a sort of malaprop in metaphor form." A...  ...aphors collects incidences of these idiosyncratic idioms . Here are some examples:She called me every name...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/05/05/Malaphors/
The Secret Origins of 7 Extremely Important Actions...

(Image credit: Keith Allison)From high-fives to air quotes, these smooth moves had to start somewhere.1. THE FIST BUMPThe fist bump received its 15 minutes of fame most recently when President Barack Obama knocked knuck...

https://www.neatorama.com/2017/03/02/The-Secret-Origin-of-7-Extremely-Important-Actions/
Dietetic Idiomatic Schematic

The title is a fancy way of saying “chart of...  ...tle is a fancy way of saying “chart of food idioms .” This is the latest comic from John Atkins...  ...tually used a piece of pie, there would be enough idioms

https://www.neatorama.com/2016/08/29/Dietetic-Idiomatic-Schematic/
10 Australian Phrases Illustrated...

Sir, I sincerely wish that chickens turn into huge...  ...blog Hotel Club previously brought us 10 strange idioms from around the world. More recently, it worked w...  ...h artist Jared Atkins to illustrate 10 Australian idioms

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/02/10-Australian-Phrases-Illustrated/
Confessions of an Idiom

[https://vimeo.com/63083013] (vimeo link)What happens when the elephant in the room confronts the skeleton in the closet? That’s far from the only turns of speech that go head-to-head back-to-back in this sequence....

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/30/Confessions-of-an-Idiom/
5 Fun Facts: It's All Greek To Me...

When an English speaker doesn't understand somethi...  ...ries? Wikipedia and Omniglot have the list of the idioms . Mark Liberman of Language Log distilled t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/26/5-Fun-Facts-Its-All-Greek-To-Me/
When Pigs Fly...

In English, we often use the term "when pigs fly"...  ...Nautilus, and even a world map showing where more idioms

https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/25/When-Pigs-Fly-2/
A Groovy Kind of Earworm...

Urban artist id-iom noticed a temporary blue wall around an empty lot in London, and decided to do this little stencil job. Now did a certain earworm pop up when you read that text? You'd prob...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/29/a-groovy-kind-of-earworm/
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