May 25, 2017 · According to Lighter, the noun gander has two slang meanings: "a man, esp. away from his home" and "a look." Amusingly, both Mathews and Lighter note that a gander party …

Sep 29, 2014 · GANDER-MONTH, s. the month in which a man's wife is confined in lying in. Egerton Leigh, A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire (1877) essentially repeats …

Sep 1, 2016 · This phrasing preserves the gender implied in the original idiom (gander is male, goose is female). If you want to say it without referring to gender, use: What is good for one is …

May 18, 2016 · Mx. Smith, seems too much like Mr. "X".It's easy to concoct alternatives, M?.Smith, Mystery Smith, Hm.Smith, but the problem is that formality itself implies sensitivity …

Seems these are called malaphors. Definition: An informal term for a blend of two aphorisms, idioms, or clichés (such as "That's the way the cookie bounces").

Mar 21, 2014 · What is the origin of this phrase? Does this also apply in case of other professions? Like the goldsmith's children have no jewels or the baker's children don't eat cake?

May 27, 2011 · "Geezer" actually means an odd or eccentric man. This word came from guise, which was: (in Scotland and N England) the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy …

Feb 10, 2019 · In the absence of a strong countervailing theory, anything is possible I suppose—including the possibility that what's jipper for the goose may be sipper for the …

I'm writing an example of constructing logic, and I need to differentiate between an adult female dog, an adult male dog and a puppy and am searching for polite terms. Unfortunately, the …

Jul 24, 2021 · To have something on one's plate is an idiom meaning to have something to do, usually work of some sort, that is taking up their time.