Language is a living, evolving system that adapts to the needs and creativity of its speakers. Among the most fascinating ...

The top 10 perplexing idioms: A dime a dozen (24%) - Common (you could buy 12 for US 10 cents). Raining cats and dogs (16%) - ...

After all, this beloved Bard is responsible for a number of other common sayings that have made their ... Perhaps our list of ...

This week, we look at 10 English idioms related to the theme of houses and homes, as well as two Cantonese sayings about getting a foot on the property ladder. Example: Before criticising his peer ...

Every cloud has a silver lining. Let’s try to understand the meaning of this idiom or proverb. Literally, it is clearly not the case that every cloud has a silvery edge or a silver lining.

You start seeing the spooky in everything—even in language that isn’t necessarily Halloween-specific. In honor of the season, ...

We hope that what you meant to say was “all in all,” which is an idiom (a word or phrase whose ... Homophones cause a great deal of confusion in the English language. And this here is a ...

The English language is full of sayings or idioms that, on the face of it, don’t make a lot of sense. If you heard something ‘from the horse’s mouth’, why is it particularly reliable?

Meaning: A Chinese proverb meaning that sometimes, it is worse to stop doing a dangerous thing than to continue doing it. Example: If I don’t take out a new loan, I won’t be able to make the ...

Maybe you’ve heard of it. There’s an old English proverb of unknown origin (Shakespeare, possibly?) proposing that a cat has ...

which translates to ‘movement is a blessing’ in English – referring to the positive effects of play and activity. The idiom is borrowed for the title of a new book of Arabic proverbs by SkatePal, an ...