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Words and their stories
455 New Words Added to Dictionary
Eek! Ghosts in our Expressions
It's Nothing but Trouble to 'Let The Genie out of the Bottle'
Have Your ‘Chickens Come Home to Roost?'
A Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots
The 'Burn Everything' Policy
Monkeys Cause the Best Kind of Trouble
Time Wasters: Lollygag and Dillydally
'That Train Has Left the Station!' (or...It's too late)
Bed Expressions
‘Heyday’ Is The Best of Times
Don't Sweat It and Other Sweaty Expressions
What Does It Mean To Be 'On the Nose?'
Expressions for Getting Things Done
Start Off on the Right Foot
Summer Fun with Family Expressions
What 'Strikes a Chord' with You?
Time to Get ‘Back on That Horse’
It's Time for Your ‘Day in the Sun’
You Don't Have to Sing to 'Preach to the Choir'
Funny, Or Not So Funny, Things Dad Say
‘Stepping-Stone’ Is a Way Up and Out
Falling 'Down the Rabbit Hole'
Deciding by a ‘Flip of a Coin’
What Happens When Insects Get in Our Idioms?
Don't Get Caught in a 'Whirlwind'
Special Saying for Mother’s Day
What It Means to Be a ‘Stick in the Mud’
Be Brave: 'Go Out on a Limb'!
Time to 'Get Your Hands Dirty'
'Climbing the Ladder' to Success
Making Things 'from Scratch'
What Is NIMBY?
'Green-Eyed Monsters' and Other Uses of 'Green'
Is There a 'Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow'?
When You 'Raise the Bar,' Things Get Hard
'One-Trick Pony' Has Limits
Freeze!
'Carrying a Torch for Someone' Can Hurt A Lot
Very Busy People 'Burn the Candle at Both Ends'
Get What You Want ... With Honey!
Be Careful When You 'Pin Your Hopes on Something!'
Short-lived Success Is a 'Flash in the Pan'
Some Say 'There's No Smoke Without Fire'
Let's 'End on a High Note'
Shenandoah and Its Native American Roots
2020 Is Definitely 'One for the History Books'
Idioms About Sports
Fauci, Kamala Among Famous Names on Mispronounced Words List
Does the 'Carrot-and-Stick' Approach Come From Donkeys?
Dictionaries Choose ‘Pandemic’ as 2020 Word of the Year
Three Words to Describe COVID-19
'Let's Eat!' Thanksgiving Dinner Idioms
'No Smoke Without Fire'
Want to Know a Secret? Maybe You'll 'Get Wind of It'
'Once in a Blue Moon'
Jack-o'-Lantern: Why Is It Named 'Jack'?
Hard Nuts to Crack
Sometimes 'It Takes Two to Tango'
It's Not the End of the World
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