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Words & Their Stories

It's Nothing but Trouble to 'Let The Genie out of the Bottle' (2021/10/24)
Have Your ‘Chickens Come Home to Roost?' (2021/10/17)
A Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots (2021/10/10)
The 'Burn Everything' Policy (2021/10/3)
Monkeys Cause the Best Kind of Trouble (2021/9/26)
Time Wasters: Lollygag and Dillydally (2021/9/19)

'That Train Has Left the Station!' (or...It's too late) (2021/9/12)
Bed Expressions (2021/9/5)
‘Heyday’ Is The Best of Times (2021/8/29)
Don't Sweat It and Other Sweaty Expressions (2021/8/22)
What Does It Mean To Be 'On the Nose?' (2021/8/15)
Expressions for Getting Things Done (2021/8/8)
Start Off on the Right Foot (2021/8/1)
Summer Fun with Family Expressions (2021/7/25)
What 'Strikes a Chord' with You? (2021/7/18)
Time to Get ‘Back on That Horse’ (2021/7/11)
It's Time for Your ‘Day in the Sun’ (2021/7/4)
You Don't Have to Sing to 'Preach to the Choir' (2021/6/27)
Funny, Or Not So Funny, Things Dad Say (2021/6/20)
‘Stepping-Stone’ Is a Way Up and Out (2021/6/13)

Falling 'Down the Rabbit Hole' (2021/6/6)
Deciding by a ‘Flip of a Coin’ (2021/5/30)
What Happens When Insects Get in Our Idioms? (2021/5/23)
Don't Get Caught in a 'Whirlwind' (2021/5/16)
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)

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