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Words & Their Stories

What It Means to Be a ‘Stick in the Mud’ (2021/5/2)
Be Brave: 'Go Out on a Limb'! (2021/4/25)
Time to 'Get Your Hands Dirty' (2021/4/18)
'Climbing the Ladder' to Success (2021/4/11)
Making Things 'from Scratch' (2021/4/4)
What Is NIMBY? (2021/3/28)

'Green-Eyed Monsters' and Other Uses of 'Green' (2021/3/21)
Is There a 'Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow'? (2021/3/14)
When You 'Raise the Bar,' Things Get Hard (2021/3/7)
'One-Trick Pony' Has Limits (2021/2/28)
Freeze! (2021/2/21)
'Carrying a Torch for Someone' Can Hurt A Lot (2021/2/14)
Very Busy People 'Burn the Candle at Both Ends' (2021/2/7)
Get What You Want... With Honey! (2021/1/31)
Be Careful When You 'Pin Your Hopes on Something!' (2021/1/24)
Short-lived Success Is a 'Flash in the Pan' (2021/1/17)
Some Say 'There's No Smoke Without Fire' (2021/1/10)
Let's 'End on a High Note' (2021/1/3)
Shenandoah and Its Native American Roots (2020/12/27)
2020 Is Definitely 'One for the History Books' (2020/12/20)

Idioms About Sports (2020/12/13)
Fauci, Kamala Among Famous Names on Mispronounced Words List (2020/12/11)
Does the 'Carrot-and-Stick' Approach Come From Donkeys? (2020/12/6)
Dictionaries Choose ‘Pandemic’ as 2020 Word of the Year (2020/12/1)
Three Words to Describe COVID-19 (2020/11/29)
'Let's Eat!' Thanksgiving Dinner Idioms (2020/11/22)
'No Smoke Without Fire' (2020/11/15)
Want to Know a Secret? Maybe You'll 'Get Wind of It' (2020/11/8)
'Once in a Blue Moon' (2020/11/1)
Jack-o'-Lantern: Why Is It Named 'Jack'? (2020/10/25)
Hard Nuts to Crack (2020/10/18)
Sometimes 'It Takes Two to Tango' (2020/10/11)
It's Not the End of the World (2020/10/4)
Do You Have a Sprinter or Marathon Mentality? (2020/9/27)
Why Do We 'Pay Through the Nose' for Costly Things? (2020/9/20)
Deer Caught in Headlights (2020/9/13)
Go Ahead: 'Steal My Thunder' (2020/9/6)
Test Your World With Two Science Terms (2020/8/30)
'Make Hay While the Sun Shines' (2020/8/23)
Keep on the 'Sunny Side' (2020/8/16)

Ways We All Can 'Go Off the Deep End' (2020/8/9)
It Really Is a 'Small World' (2020/8/2)
The World Needs More Tree Huggers (2020/7/26)
Two Flowers to Describe Quiet, Shy People (2020/7/19)
'Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice'... Or Does It? (2020/7/12)
'Rolling Stones Gather No Moss' (2020/7/5)
Don't 'Bite the Hand That Feeds You' (2020/6/28)
Father's Day Expressions (2020/6/21)
'Waste Not, Want Not' Is Good Advice (2020/6/14)
Danger! 'Snake in the Grass' (2020/6/7)
Quarantini? Moronavirus? COVID-10? Wordplay Brings Humor to These Times (2020/6/3)
Feeling 'Under the Weather'? (2020/5/31)
Take Time to 'Stop and Smell the Roses' (2020/5/24)
The Language of an International Health Crisis (2020/5/17)
Spring Up Like Mushrooms! (2020/5/10)
Don't Waste Time 'Barking up the Wrong Tree' (2020/5/3)
How Fast Is ‘Two Shakes of a Lamb’s Tail’? (2020/4/26)
Learn the Cause of 'Cabin Fever' (2020/4/19)
'Breathing Room' Reduces Stress (2020/4/12)
Where 'Quarantine' Comes From (2020/4/5)

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