English is a language that's always evolving. Ever... ...takes us on a tour of words that once were entire phrases , but became condensed with use. You might be sayi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/04/19/Whole-Phrases-Hidden-in-English-Words/(Image credit: Flickr user Martin Budden)Horses ow... ...le in English idioms. But where did these popular phrases originate?1. Hold your horses!800 BCEA line in Bo... ...se of that colour.” It’s believed the phrase evolved from there or that the idiom already exis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/15/Neigh-Sayings/[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/Doctor Who Dalek USB Desk ProtectorAttention Docto... ...eone approaching it will spout a well known Dalek phrase and flash. We are sorry, the Doctor Who Dalek USB...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/03/Doctor-Who-Dalek-USB-Desk-Protector/The word is new to me: pleonasm, a phrase that uses more words than necessary to get a poin... ...eria or poking fun at North Dakotan winters, this phrase is generally redundant. One common in my area is...
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