I've been helping an Iranian American man learned more about our English idioms and words that don't always make sense, if you didn't grow up hearing them. Does anyone think buttons are cute? A few months ago, he asked about "
follow your nose." Recently, I printed out the
idiomatic fridge for him, showing idioms like "top banana" and "bad apples." I keep running across interesting things to share, like these from my wordsmith friend Colleen Redman on her blog
Loose Leaf Notes on October 10, 2018:
- "Spot on or on the spot?"
- "Snopes (fact checking site) has the word nope right in it."
Aren't words fun? Can you think of any fun (or funny) words or phrases to share?
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