Category: Idiom of the Day

To increase one’s pace or sense of urgency; to hurry up; to get moving quickly. Watch the video

A person who offers unsolicited criticism or advice about something in which he or she is not an active participant. Taken from the sport of hurling, a player of which is a hurler. Primarily heard in Ireland. Watch the video

To pursue or look for one’s objectives, results, or goals in the place where one is most likely to find them. Watch the video

The act or practice of misusing or misinterpreting a word, phrase, or article of text to suit one’s own meaning or purpose. Taken from the character Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, who states, “When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean.” Watch the video

dated To be better than average among similar things. Primarily heard in US. Watch the video

To be extremely or triumphantly successful. Watch the video

No matter how much. Watch the video

How are you? How is everything in your life? (Said as an informal greeting.) Watch the video

What appears probable or likely; how a certain course or situation is likely to develop. Watch the video

Having the majority of one’s income going towards the high costs of one’s home, such as mortgage or rent, property tax, utilities, etc., leaving very little money remaining for other expenditures. Watch the video