Wow, this was a really powerful essay. As I read through your paper I was easily able to imagine you as a war general, making an inspirational speech before battle to his soldiers. Keep up with the strong creativity in your papers, it makes it

It is not an idiom; it is a proverb. The presumed source is Lord Byron's Don Juan : 'Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently

Where does the idiom truth is stranger than fiction

There is an interesting discussion of the origin of the expression "for the birds" here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/43/messages/695.html Some dictionaries claim it is based on the idea that birds eat seed, which is not

Thanks, MM. I meant "when". What was a type. Tom

Hi Would you say that the following (yellow) sentence is correct? What does this expression/idiom date from? It dates from the mid-1800s. Thanks, Tom

break a cleg Putting idioms into your everyday conversation. Make up as many sentences as you can using a certain idiom. Write down the idiom and its context as soon as possible after you hear it said. If you do these things, the idioms will be

break a cleg Putting idioms into your everyday conversation. Make up as many sentences as you can using a certain idiom. Write down the idiom and its context as soon as possible after you hear it said. If you do these things, the idioms will be

Mr. Tom, The sentence in question is both understandable and adequate from the viewpoint of native English speakers. Apart from its use in idioms, spite has the following meaning: 'to deliberately upset someone or cause them problems'.

I'm quite fond of the Cambridge English In Use series. I've really learnt a lot from them. But if it's the best... who knows. Regards Dokterjokkebrok