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word usage - Can anything be bated but ones breath? - English . . . Yes Aside from its meaning within the idiom "with bated breath," bate as a verb can mean 1) to moderate or restrain, or 2) to lessen or diminish, among other definitions To give an example, as you can see in this dictionary entry, one can have bated sentiments such as bated enthusiasm or bated hopes: An example sentence here would be "After waiting two and a half hours in line for the Empire
Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from? The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy A decade later most references have this meaning, but the
Idiom to mean one must avoid going into dangerous situations In my native language, there's an idiom that someone warn you not to go into a dangerous situation when you're sure you'll get into trouble but you still feel like doing it For instance, making jo
What is the origin and meaning of the term Butt Buddies? Today, in the midst of chatting on other SE sites, the term "bum buddies" was used Some other users took this to be offensive, saying that it was just a slightly less egregious version of "butt bu
Is there any rule of order for time, date, place, building, etc? @KitFox: There are multiple possibilities, for both time space And yes, some possibilities are not so clear And some can be made clear by changing word order or explicitly grouping words And some are clear only or mainly within a given context (e g MM DD YYYY in the US) You might just as well say that there is an implied order for date-time: larger-to-smaller or smaller-to-larger unit
What is the origin of the phrase Crazier than a sh*thouse rat!? There is also another slightly different version of this phrase, which is believed to pre-date your version: Nuttier than a sh*thouse rat also Nuttier than a sh*thouse mouse It is intended as a pun on nuttier, since nuts are hard to digested they are likely to show up in the feces - which obviously end up in the sh*thouse Since you can also be "nuts" I believe it changed later to "crazier"
might have been vs might be - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A: "I can't find my umbrella Have you seen it?" This is definitely idiomatic, but it does include two time-frames, present (I can't find) and past (though recent, of course) (Have you seen) B: "It might be in the car " addresses the present situation, and is the standard answer B: "It might have been in the car " is not incorrect, and might be paraphrased as "You know, I think I remember
Use of save or save for in sentences - English Language Usage . . . The definition of save in this example is other than : but, except This article gives a rather interesting discussion about when to use except except for, and that applies equally to save save for That article mentions one case where you would use the 'for' version: when what is excluded is different from what is included Examples cited: Your essay is good except for the spelling All the
Literal breakdown of the phrase case in point A "case in point" is something like a relevant example How does the phrase break down literally, though? For example, "with bated breath" makes sense because "to bate" means to hold, so "with bated