Category: Idiom of the Day

Of an older age. Watch the video

A notification, signal, or sign that something is going to happen or is expected to happen. Watch the video

To yield to the opposition or accept that one is wrong in some pursuit. Watch the video

That which is extremely difficult to achieve or requires a large amount of effort or patience to enact. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Watch the video

Any and all particulars surrounding one’s birth (physical characteristics, social background, and even nationality) that are considered a result of parentage and the specific circumstances of birth, and are therefore entirely out of one’s control. Watch the video

An idea or thought that is intangible or outside the constraints or possibilities of the real world. Watch the video

Fully and deeply engrossed in a thought or idea, often to such a degree as to be unaware of or insensitive to the outside world. Watch the video

To consider innocent, clear of all suspicion, or pardon from any cause of guilt. Watch the video

Of or in a position of high standing, rank, regard, or repute. The term is derived from the social hierarchy of nobility in medieval times, in which salt, a precious commodity then, was set in the middle of the dining table. Those of high noble rank were seated “above the salt,” that is, closer to the lord and lady of the house, while those in lower social standing were seated “below” it. Watch the video

Something will not be spontaneously different from that which came before. The phrase is used to describe things that are determined by nature and the environment, or else inherited from the generation before. Watch the video