Today we tackle another old English saying that if you were new to the country would make absolutely no sense at all So what does it mean to say you have ‘your ducks in a row’? To have you...
Everyone talks about things being an old wives’ tale – but what actually is one? That’s what we wanted to know. An old wives’ tale is perhaps best explained as a traditionally held b...
Have you ever heard the phrase and wondered where it came from? I did, so I set about looking into it. “Close, but no cigar” quite simple means you almost succeeded, but didnt quite get there. I...
This one is a bit of a follow on from the recent post asking the question about “are two heads better than one?” I’m sure you can all see how my train of thought ended up here at thi...
Now this is definitely one to file in the pile of random facts. The thought came to me while watching TV on an evening and I thought I really must have a google and find out. Don’t ask me why, I...
