E nglish is a very rich language, replete with a wealth of idioms, expressions, and turns of phrase to express any thought, ...

For all intensive purposes. If you’re using this phrase to mean “for all practical purposes,” then for all intents and purposes, you’re doing it wrong (see what we did there?).

The N-word that ends with “er” and the N-word that ends with “a” are, for all intents and purposes (idiom alert!), different words now, and the latter is also developing into, of all ...

A Word, Please: How to be an idiom savant A Word, Please: How ... Just look up the word “bring,” notice that right after the main entry word is “brought,” and if you understand how ...

The desert from the phrase "just deserts" is not the dry and sandy kind, nor the sweet post-dinner kind. It comes from an Old French word for deserve , and it was used in English from the 13th ...