Category: Idiom of the Day

A seating area very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view. “Nosebleed” refers jocularly to the effects of extremely high altitudes on the body, which can often cause nasal hemorrhaging, among other symptoms. Watch the video

To investigate something; to try to find information about something, especially private, secret, or sensitive matters. Watch the video

To have a slight or precursory knowledge of someone or something. Watch the video

A great deal of fuss, noise, fanfare, or protestation over something of little or no substance, importance, or relevance. Watch the video

A position of moral authority or superiority that one’s arguments, beliefs, ideas, etc., are claimed or purported to occupy, especially in comparison to a differing viewpoint. (Used especially in the phrase “take/claim/seize/etc. the moral high ground.”) Watch the video

That which serves or guides a person’s knowledge, sense, or intuition of correct virtues, morals, or ethics. Watch the video

Anything and everything that one desires or can imagine wanting (i.e., above and beyond what would be normal or appropriate). Watch the video

To waste time or loiter (somewhere); to spend time (somewhere) idly or listlessly. Primarily heard in UK. Watch the video

To ask for or obtain (something) through the charity of someone or something; to sponge off someone or something else. Watch the video

A business, possession, or other financial commitment that requires or consumes an increasingly large amount of money, especially more than was first anticipated. Watch the video