phrase Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/phrase/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:31:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Why Men Paint the Town Red https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/14/why-men-paint-the-town-red/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:31:37 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7467 One theory is that the phrase “paint the town red,” meaning to celebrate wildly, often with drinking involved, came from an incident in 1837. That’s

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]]> Wednesday is a Red-Letter Day https://smthingscount.com/2016/03/30/wednesday-is-a-red-letter-day/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:13:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4727 It’s been awhile since I’ve inflicted what I think is an interesting phrase-derivation on you.  Today I offer “Red-letter day,” which, of course, is a

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]]> Rolling Balls, Politics, and Interesting Americana https://smthingscount.com/2016/02/17/rolling-balls-politics-and-interesting-americana/ Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:02:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4560 Here’s a phrase most of us use: ““Keep the ball rolling,” meaning to keep an activity going, to keep people enthusiastic about it.  It has

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]]> You Can’t “Turn a Blind Eye” to This https://smthingscount.com/2014/05/13/you-cant-turn-a-blind-eye-to-this/ Tue, 13 May 2014 17:40:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2782 A bit of language trivia for you today: the origin of the phrase to “Turn a blind eye.” It means, of course, to ignore something,

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