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Bookmark or Share- In Rudyard Kipling's poem, "if", what do "unforgiving minute" and ...If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! Life can be tough but it is important to make every second of that "difficult and unforgiving" minute count. Give the best of yourself to that second.
- idioms - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeI came across this piece: The old saying “step on a crack, break your mother’s back” may not apply to sidewalks for much longer now that MIT researchers have figured out why concrete breaks ...
- expressions - Origin and meaning of "You catch more flies with honey ...My confusion comes from the fact that no one catches flies in order to do anything nice to them (Well, I suppose some people do. But it's not common!). When I first read it, I actually thought the phrase meant You'll have more success luring people into a trap by being nice than by being rude. This didn't make much sense in context, though ...
- What's the origin of saying "yoo hoo!" to get someone's attention?You'll hear me call-ing YOO-HOO, 'Neath your win-dow some sweet day. You'll hear me call-ing YOO-HOO, And you'll know I'm home to stay, So with that context, yoo-hoo as an exclamation could have appeared in the 19th century and been current as a way to get attention in the 1910s.
- Why is "you all" contracted to "y'all" and not "you'll"?you'll [you will] /juːl/ you will: The longer vowel is on the former word: (y)ou, so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (w) i ll – you'll. y'all [you all] /jɔːl/ you all: The longer vowel is on the latter word: a(ll), so the contraction retains it and drops the shorter vowel sound (y) ou – y'all.
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