If you’ve ever stayed up late to finish a paper or meet a deadline, you’ve probably said you were “burning the midnight oil.” ...

The popular phrase doesn't mean, of course, that there's an actual an elephant in the room, which would be quite something. Rather, it refers to a very big topic of conversation that no one is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Language is a curious thing. It's constantly changing, almost as if it’s alive. For every new word we create, an old word falls ...

Heavy rain often sends everyone running indoors to stay dry—but centuries ago, there was an even more pressing reason to avoid the streets. “Back when public sanitation was practically nonexistent, a ...

"The luck of the Irish" phrase dates back to the 19th century and is a popular one used among Irish individuals today. Beyond the phrase, there are symbols correlated with Irish folk that represent ...

Snow phrases stick because they do two jobs at once. They describe something physical (cold, bright, heavy, blinding) and ...

“Die Hard” has a lot more to do with military history than you might think. This is true for both the phrase and the movie. The book on which the 1988 movie “Die Hard” is based is called “Nothing ...

Language is a curious thing. It's constantly changing, almost as if it’s alive. For every new word we create, an old word falls out of fashion and fades into obscurity. There are some words and ...