"Sent" vs "sent off" vs "sent out" - English Language & Usage Stack ...

The three to send, to send off, and to send out are distinguished by their motion and direction (actually and metaphorically). To send is simply the action of ...

14 Oct 2010 ... Funnest is a regular superlative of the adjective fun. However ... Because of the remaining stigma, most fun may be preferred in formal writing.

11 Jun 2014 ... Not so much a corruption of old hag as rhyming slang for it. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English quotes Ray ...

16 авг 2017 ... Синоним cerdo es todo los mismo son sinónimos, |Si, todas son maneras de referirse al mismo animal. |Es lo mismo |"Cerdo" es la palabra ...

Here is one from my secondary school geography teacher that I will never forget: stalactite --- ceiling. stalagmite --- ground. Stalactites hang from the ceiling; ...

"Unlike many other honors, the registry is not restricted to a time, place or genre. It encompasses 130 years of the full American cinematic experience – a virtual Olympiad of motion...

And Emma Stone, via video message, teased that the "101 Dalmatians" spinoff "Cruella" has a "punk rock" vibe and is set in London in the 1970s.

The definition of a fishwife is tied to both of the definitions you listed. Wikipedia's article on the fishwife explains that: A fishwife or fish fag is a woman who sells ...

The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms has an entry on "coming down the pike", and says that it's "based on the literal meaning of pike (a large road)".

Let me copy down the (not completely satisfying) relevant entry from Carlo Lapucci, Dizionario dei modi di dire della lingua italiana (Garzanti-Vallardi, 1979):.