The usual expression is "put something on the back burner". Most gas stoves in our country have two burners. In the U.S., most sto...

You must not be led aside by fits of disinclination or annoyance; if you give way to these you will never succeed. Patience and perseverance...

The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know. ...

Meaning A great deal of fuss over nothing of importance. Origin This phrase is sometimes shortened just to 'much ado'. It is of c...

The word ampersand is a corruption of the phrase "and per se and", meaning "and ( symbol which by itself (is) and". The ...

If you are writing a novel, or if you will be writing a novel or even if after reading this post you want to write a novel then here's a...

I found interesting anagram poems when I searched the term ''Anagrammatic poetry" in google. The poem below, in yellow, was wri...

What is the meaning and origin of beat around the bush? Sometimes when someone asks us a question, we try and avoid answering it. It's n...

This is an expression that is normally used to caution someone. When you say that one swallow does not make a summer, what you mean is that ...

In literature, a red herring is a narrative element intended to distract the reader from a more important event in the plot, usually a twist...

My Cat entrance classes have always been special! This weekend it was even more special. It was an RC (reading comprehension) class for me. ...

I had previously posted on ambigrams .This post contains two ambigrams which I missed out on my previous post. Do you see human face or some...

Playing with the words is as interesting as playing with numbers..... Playing with numbers is sometimes easier than playing with the words.....

To be honest.... I am not an expert in ambigrams....i just know what they are.... I found them to be interesting enough....to make a post ou...

I CAN READ This! CAN YOU ? fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht ...