Perhaps this phrase was once used seriously, but I don't think I've ever heard it used without heavy irony. John: So, the government is spending two million dollars on a study to prove that men are more attracted to beautiful women than

I'm glad somebody asked, Clive! :)

"Darky" is an old-fashioned term, now considered perjorative, for a black person. "Dutch" in this case probably refers to a method of processing chocolate; recipes using chocolate are often called "double Dutch" to

I've never heard the word used this way. Could you give us a little more context?

No no no, that's what it DOESN'T say. It's saying that, in some districts, out of the total number of girl babies born in the nineteenth century, one-fourth of that number were killed at birth. I don't think you should express

Well, it means a fourth of the total. It's not like they would let three girls live and then kill the fourth. Not a very pleasant thing to contemplate either way. I'm going to go hug my daughter now :)

Yeah, but it was spelled right in the actual quote. Stop reeling, you Trekkie :)

You might also want to consider "baseline."

It should be "reflect utmost credit to yourself..." Does that make more sense now? His valor and dedication are equal to the "highest tradition of service" - the very best examples of valor and dedication. Kirk could not have

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