Idiom ｜ Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth dates back to a time when horses were a common gift, but the idiom is still widely used and means …
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Idiom ｜ Lipstick on a Pig
The idiom “lipstick on a pig” has been around for centuries, though in much different forms. Evolving in the 20th century, it means …
Idiom ｜ Head In The Clouds
The idiom to ‘have one’s head in the clouds’ dates all the way back to the mid-1600s. The phrase means that someone is …
Idiom ｜ Go Apeshit
The idiom ‘to go apeshit’ evolved from an earlier phrase, ‘to go ape,’ which most likely originated on college campuses in the southwest United States. The idiom has two different meanings. It can mean …
Idiom ｜ Hang In There
The idiom ‘hang in there’ rose to popularity in the 1970s with the release of one of the first motivational posters, showing a cat hanging from a bamboo pole. The idiom means …
Idiom ｜ Like a Broken Record
The idiom ‘to sound like a broken record’ is an interesting phrase because a few years ago many young people would not have understood what it means.
Idiom ｜ Age Like Milk
The idiom ‘to age like milk’ is an interesting idiom, mainly because it is the opposite of the older and more common idiom …
Idiom ｜ Light Up Like a Christmas Tree
The idiom ‘light up like a Christmas tree’ is a great holiday themed idiom, but it actually has two very different meanings. The first is what you might expect, …
Idiom ｜ Best of Both Worlds
The idiom ‘the best of both worlds’ is a frequently used phrased in English. Dating back to the mid eighteenth century, it means …
Idiom ｜ Speak Of The Devil
The idiom ‘speak of the devil’ began as a superstitious warning; speak of the devil and he will appear. Today, it’s meaning has changed and is much different. We now use it to …