By Idioms, Dates

Hi JTT, Good idea to encourage that practice, but better to simply add to his/her thread because a new member will not necessarily know to look for a new thread, even with his/her/their name on it, and you'll have wasted your comment. (And apologies: my response on the original did predate my...

It's an idiom, Jeff, but it has developed a specific business meaning which I just discovered (see below): STALKING-HORSE Definition: 1. a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game 2. screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game 3....

I've come across with the following idiom from an American colleague: Can we do a quick a huddle on this? would you help me validate" />and interpret it? ps: I'm not sure the form "a+quick+a" is correct, at least is sounds a bit weird to me

A lot of idioms just don't make sense, I agree. :( You just have to learn them! But here's something that may help you. Think of a big twelve-month calendar placed flat on a table. The calendar covers the whole table. Imagine a little fence around each month. So each month forms a little...

Interesting. To whom it may concern dates back to the latter half of the 19th century. Maybe it’s about time the formula was updated. Can anyone suggest a savvy reference for this type of thing? From dictionary.com to whom it may concern To the appropriate recipient for this message, as in I...