Tag Archives: Idioms

Word Nerd Wednesday – Forty Winks

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Greetings, word nerds! This week’s Word Nerd Wednesday post is inspired by a poem by Shel Silverstein. I don’t know whether you know of his various children’s books, but Runny Babbit is a popular one in our household, all the funnier … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – To a T

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Hello, word nerds! It’s been a little while since I did a word nerd post, but last week I wrote a review that mentioned a character who fit a certain description ‘to a T’. First of all I had to … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – Ten to the Dozen

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Happy Wednesday, word nerds! This week’s Word Nerd post has been inspired by a comment I got yesterday on one of my previous posts: Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking. In that post I made use of the phrase ‘ten to … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – I’d Give My Eye-Teeth

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Happy Wednesday, word nerds! Today’s Word Nerd post is inspired by yesterday’s Top Ten Tuesday post in a round-about kind of way. Yesterday’s topic was Books I’d Slay a Lion to Get Early. As I was thinking about the post, I … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – With Flying Colours

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Greetings, word nerds! I had one of those moments this week where I said something that I’ve said hundreds of times before, and suddenly thought, “Why do we say that, anyway?” The phrase? with flying colours. You most often hear … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – Falling in Love

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Fiction Aficionado

Happy Valentine’s Day, reader friends! I thought today might be a good opportunity to look at a phrase that I’m not overly fond of: falling in love. Why am I not fond of it? Well, I’ll get to that in a … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – On Tenterhooks

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Fiction Aficionado

Welcome word nerds! Last week I introduced you to the marvellous word scurryfunge, and gave you four possible definitions for the word. (If you missed that post, click here now, before you see the answer!!) In fact, I’ll save the answer … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – You’re Fired!

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Fiction Aficionado

Howdy, Word Nerds! I missed posting my regular Word Nerd post last week because I was so busy with interviews and other posts, but I’m back again this week with a post inspired by my minister! That’s right. I think it … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Fiction Aficionado

Welcome to another edition of Word Nerd Wednesday! Last week I gave your vocabulary a little boost by introducing the word prestidigitation and asking you to tell me what you thought it meant. I either have some very clever readers, or I … Continue reading →

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Word Nerd Wednesday – Right as Rain

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Fiction Aficionado

Welcome to another edition of Word Nerd Wednesday. 🙂  Today I’m going to be looking at the origins of a saying that I’ve come across not once, but twice this week, but before I do, I believe we have some … Continue reading →

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