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Bookmark or Share- "in the photo" or "on the photo" - WordReference ForumsDoing a search of "in the photo" will give you a list of twenty conversations about this topic.
- Housework vs Household chores | WordReference ForumsI definitely remember 'homemaker' as a "nicer" word for 'housewife' in the 50s. Homemakers were depicted in magazines of the time with impossibly tiny waists and wearing cute shirtwaist dresses and high heels as they deftly vacuumed a rug. In the sentence "I have been a homemaker/housewife for his family ... " people used to use "housekeeper ...
- One boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three boys no boy.George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, depicted how the animals worked hard after they cast out their cruel master. I think it is true for a while, but on long-term basis, these animals would begin to shift burden to each other, instead of working selflessly for the communal benefit. I don’t think this fable is against the cooperation of ...
- My favourite vegetable is carrots. <vs> a/the carrotHello everyone, I've got a problem with a seemingly simple sentence. I know it's correct to say My favourite vegetable is spinach, but is it also correct to say My favourite vegetable is carrots ? If not, should I say My favourite vegetable is a carrot? Thank you in advance for your help.
- to put horns on someone | WordReference ForumsHere's the Cassell's Dictionary of Slang's suggestion as to the origin: horns n. [mid-15C+] a generic term for cuckoldry [...] [the obvious link is to HORN n2, the penis, but the term apparently comes from an old German farming practice of grafting the spurs of a castrated cock on the roots of the severed comb.
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