Feeling “butterflies in your stomach” perfectly describes that jittery, fluttery rush before something big. The phrase first ...

If you say, "The cat's out of the bag" instead of "the secret is given away," you're using an idiom. The meaning of an idiom is different from the actual of the words used. "An apple a day keeps the ...

Do you know what 'an elephant in the room' means? What about 'when pigs fly'? Or 'what's good for the goose is good for the gander'? Learn more as we explain these idioms and sayings in this lesson.

THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PROVERBS—William George Smith and Janet E. Heseltine—Oxford University Press ($6.50). To give subtillty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion . . . ...

If you say, ''The cat's out of the bag'' instead of ''The secret is given away,'' you're using an idiom. The meaning of idiom is different from the actual meaning of the words used. ''An apple a day ...