In response to a misunderstanding, the auto mechanic wrote "Nowhere in my previous message I said that the care was being fixed." Anything grammatically wrong with his sentence? The idiom is, 'nowhere ... did I say'. Paul My Lake

Hi Candy, I have never heard 'mustard' used this way, but there is an idiom 'keen as mustard' which means astute or 'on the ball'. There is a British mustard making company called Keen's, who probably popularised that idiom. Bearing in mind that

be mustard at e.g. I am mustard at parallel parking. Dose this phrase have the same meaning as "be good at" in this situation? Is this a common expression in English conversation? I looked up the word "mustard" in my dictionary, but I

ObAue: "New Years"? I would have expected "New Year", not ... it as a plural, but it seemed odd to me. That's the standard US name for the holiday - it's not plural AFAICT, just an idiom which may have descended from a

ObAue: "New Years"? I would have expected "New Year", not ... it as a plural, but it seemed odd to me. That's the standard US name for the holiday - it's not plural AFAICT, just an idiom which may have descended from a

Look, you guys celebrate New Years, don't you? Do you ... because non-Christians might get upset if they did mention it? I suppose it's sort of part of Christmas because it falls in the same holiday period and is only a ... "New

There were earlier applications for "Spike" and "Spike Lee", filed in 1997 and abandoned in 2002. Interestingly, the abandoned ones ... record. I wonder if that "pseudonym" was giving him trouble. (And, yes, they do

"I hope I never set foot in the USA." "Set foot" is an idiom. I find odd that it can be *in* and *on* ¿Pondian difference? Google gives almost the same number of hits for both "set foot in/on". I'd say "set

"I hope I never set foot in the USA." "Set foot" is an idiom. I find odd that it can be *in* and *on* ¿Pondian difference? Google gives almost the same number of hits for both "set foot in/on". But look at the hits.

Thank you, Jerry. When I wrote that message I was not in my best moment. I hope I'll never put my feet on USA. "I hope I never set foot in the USA." "Set foot" is an idiom. I find odd that it can be *in* and *on* ¿Pondian