Category: Idiom of the Day

Something that one enjoys or finds pleasurable but knows or feels to be bad, inferior, aberrant, or lowbrow, especially as might be perceived or judged by other people. Watch the video

An oath expressing surprise, shock, frustration, anger, or annoyance. Watch the video

Entirely without value; of no use whatsoever. (Hyphenated if used as a modifier before a noun.) Watch the video

To have an extremely beautiful or aesthetically pleasing appearance. Watch the video

Sufficient to suit the purpose(s) at hand without needing to be perfect. Watch the video

Due to the cruelty, ignorance, or selfishness of the world or others, one’s good deeds or good intentions will often result in more trouble than they are worth. An ironic and sardonic twist on the more standard moral that “no good deed goes unrewarded.” Watch the video

Favorable, kindly, or approving regard or treatment. Usually used in the phrase “in someone’s good books” or some variation thereof. Watch the video

To be very sensitive (to something); to have a keen sense of detection or perception. Likened to the antennae of (e.g.) an insect, which are extremely sensitive to environmental stimuli. Watch the video

A wild, chaotic, ridiculous, and/or disastrous event. Sometimes written as “gongshow.” From the 1976–1978 television show The Gong Show, an amateur talent contest in which judges would end particularly bad acts by striking a giant gong. Primarily heard in Canada. Watch the video

A woman whose husband frequently absents himself from home so as to go and play golf. Watch the video