Category: Idiom of the Day

Someone who, through cunning, devious, or dishonest means, achieves a fortuitous outcome. Watch the video

The state of something that exists and thrives outside and beyond the control of the point of origin. Watch the video

To initiate or establish contact or communication with someone Watch the video

To leave or depart from a place, especially quickly or with marked urgency. A reference to Dodge City, Kansas, the clichéd setting of cowboy and western films from the early to mid-1900s. Watch the video

(used as a modifier before a noun) Of or characterized by generating a large sum of money quickly and (typically) without requiring much effort or energy. Watch the video

A question to determine whether a given situation could be perceived optimistically or pessimistically. Watch the video

A legally non-binding arrangement that is guaranteed only by a verbal or mutually understood agreement by the parties involved. Watch the video

Well or far in advance; exceptionally easily. Watch the video

Any inadvertent verbal or written mistake that reveals, or can be construed as revealing, an unconscious or repressed intention, belief, thought, attitude, etc. Named for the Sigmund Freud, considered the founding father of psychoanalysis, whose work largely focused on the unconscious and repressed elements of the human psyche. Watch the video

Of or having an appearance of health, vitality, and/or youthfulness. Watch the video