Category: Idiom of the Day

Any unconventional, nonconformist, or uninhibited behavior, convictions, opinions, or lifestyle choices that are unique to an individual. Watch the video

To pay, generally unwillingly, a certain amount of money. Watch the video

business adage The full expression is some variation of: “When you are up to your neck in alligators, it’s easy to forget that the goal was to drain the swamp.” It is easy to be so overcome or preoccupied by various tangential worries, problems, or tasks that one loses sight of the ultimate goal or objective. Watch the video

The first place where one stops to visit, accomplish something, or begin a process. Taken from nautical terminology, referring to the first port that a seafaring vessel calls in to at the beginning of a voyage. Watch the video

The initial, introductory evaluation upon meeting a person, encountering something, or experiencing a situation for the first time. Watch the video

(used as a modifier before a noun) Particularly ardent, vehement, or excoriating in speech or behavior. Likened to a dragon or other creature able to shoot streams of fire from its mouth. Watch the video

The completed and finalized edited version of a film, as authorized by its director and producer. Watch the video

To sacrifice someone to ruin, destruction, or hostility from others, especially for one’s own benefit or survival. Watch the video

A vain or hypocritical pretense of holding a low or humble opinion of oneself, one’s abilities, or one’s circumstance so as to encourage others to say the opposite. Watch the video

A severe quarrel or disagreement, especially one that leads to a temporary or permanent end of a relationship. Watch the video