By Expressions, Idioms

There absolutely is, but it doesn't go beyond the meaning of the words, as would be the case in the meaning of an idiom. In baseball, it's called "covering all the bases." You know how lawyers are! I expect a certain amount of trial and error (pun intended) has gone into the...

The whole expression makes up the idiom, "things that go bump in the night." It's understood to mean the sounds made by supernatural entities, or any otherwise unexplained sounds which evoke such thoughts.

I would say, no. Perhaps if you looked at it as an algebraic equation, you could say both clauses give the same information. A = C = B is the same equation as B = C = A, where "C" is the idea or substance of what she says and means. But meaning and saying are two different verbs and...

Hi Newguest, I'm sure there are people here who are better qualified than I am to speak on this. No, the thing about the photo isn't an idiom. It's just an illustration of what might happen if data are fed to a processor in the wrong order - rather a far-fetched one. ...

The prepositions are both fine and natural, but in AmE we'd add a third, so to speak. We use the expression (idiom) "line up" to form a line. I guess BrE is "que." I don't know if it can stand alone, or if it's "que up," or if I'm spelling it...

Hi But it seems to be used : "For instance, Ms. Redgrave is the first Prospero I have seen who might have nurtured a daughter from babyhood to adolescence" "His open and friendly persona creates one of the few clowns I have seen who never seems to scare young children, despite...

. CJ

She is never at a loss for words. Idiom or expression that means never unable to participate in the conversation. So she is always talking!!