Category: Idiom of the Day

obsolete To borrow or take money from one person or source to repay the debt of another (i.e., rob Peter to pay Paul). Watch the video

A person who is fiercely determined to do or get what he or she wants. Watch the video

To deal with something in a more brave, stoic, or masculine way than one has done so hitherto. (Usually used imperatively.) Watch the video

To mind or take charge of a location during the time in which it is unattended by another. Watch the video

A woman who can be expected to keep or follow through with her promises or intentions; a truthful, trustworthy, or reliable person. (Masculine: “man of his word.”) Watch the video

To be featured on the headlines of news articles, as due to being particularly important, popular, fashionable, etc. Watch the video

To do something that makes one famous or successful; to do something that is very important or meaningful. Watch the video

To be of critical or integral importance to the ordinary operation of life or the world at large. (Sometimes used hyperbolically.) Watch the video

To make a very loud, reverberating sound or noise. (“Welkin” is an archaic or literary word for the skies or the heavens, only used in contemporary English as a part of this phrase.) Watch the video

In golf, to fail to match or better the score necessary to remain in the final two rounds of a four-round tournament, thus resulting in elimination. Watch the video