Nerdful Things – Idioms – Dog’s Bollocks
Here in the UK, we have a number of risque and crude phrases but the saying that always had me wondering was “the dog’s bollocks”. I mean, how did we come to use that...
Category: Idioms
Nerdful Things – Idioms – Rule of Thumb
I find the origins of idioms fascinating. Some of them either haven’t aged well or they’ve always sounded daft. Others, well, their origins or potential origins are from a much darker and sinister background...
Nerdful Things – Idioms – Saved by the Bell
Language is a simple yet, by the same token, incredibly complex human creation. Words with multiple meanings dictated merely by context, tone or the placement of the correct punctuation. I’ve often wondered about the...
