Feeling “butterflies in your stomach” perfectly describes that jittery, fluttery rush before something big. The phrase first ...

If you say, "The cat's out of the bag" instead of "the secret is given away," you're using an idiom. The meaning of an idiom is different from the actual of the words used. "An apple a day keeps the ...

Actions speak louder than words. A picture is worth a thousand words. Birds of a feather flock together. Proverbs are an integral part of the English language. Larry speaks with two language experts ...

These ancient words of wisdom aren't just dusty phrases collecting in old books. They've survived thousands of years for a ...

Do you know what 'an elephant in the room' means? What about 'when pigs fly'? Or 'what's good for the goose is good for the gander'? Learn more as we explain these idioms and sayings in this lesson.

HERE we look at some of the words and sayings that have been passed down through generations of Scots when it comes to managing money. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

If you have a family member or a friend that served, you must have heard at least some of these 25 military sayings, quotes and phrases only used by military families. Just like any other group of ...

In a hard-hitting TED talk in Arabic, Suzanne Talhouk makes a case for loving the mother tongue. Her talk invokes the untranslatability of numerous phrases, the many times we have choked due to the ...

If you say, ''The cat's out of the bag'' instead of ''The secret is given away,'' you're using an idiom. The meaning of idiom is different from the actual meaning of the words used. ''An apple a day ...