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What is the origin of the phrase Heavens to Betsy? The second meaning of betsy given in this dictionary, by the way, is as a short form of betsy bug, meaning "pinch bug" (a term that referred to earwigs in south Texas, where I grew up) Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944) has this for "heavens to Betsy": Heavens to Betsy! 1914 Maine, n[orthern] N[ew] H[ampshire] Current
etymology - Clean as a whistle — why is a whistle considered . . . Robert Burns, in his poem, 'Earnest Cry,' used 'toom' ('empty') rather than 'clean' other writers have had the whistle clear, dry, pure or other adjective for a sweet, pure sound from a whistle or reed, the tube must be clean and dry (Heavens to Betsy Other Curious Sayings)
What is the origin of the phrase beyond the pale? From World Wide Words: Pale is an old name for a pointed piece of wood driven into the ground and — by an obvious extension — to a barrier made of such stakes, a palisade or fence
What is the origin of the phrase ‘By the by. . . ’? Merriam-Webster's A Dictionary of the English Language (1864) notes that either by or bye (as a noun) could mean A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, and the like; as in on or upon the bye, in passing; indirectly; by implication
expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 1 The full OED has 1899 for its first cited instance of sink being used to mean To consume (an alcoholic drink), esp rapidly From Catholic Press (Sydney) 7 Jan: In the foc'sle are the blokes That sinks their beer like blooming soaks The humorous alliteration of Time, gentlemen, please!
What is the origin of the phrase the world is on fire? Holiness now ; holiness forever ;—now is the time, the set time, the important, the momentous! All nature, all grace,—the heavens above, the earth beneath,—with united voice cry out thunderingly : "Be ye holy, for I am holy " The present crisis is a crisis fraught immensely with things unheard of The world is on fire!
capitalization - Shouldn’t Heaven and Hell be capitalized, as they . . . Now you might hold a view that there is one true heaven, and as such deem it unique and worthy of capitalisation Or you might admit the possibility of many heavens and place it in the category of common nouns, not worthy of capitalisation
Shouldn’t “art” be “is” in “Our Father who art in heaven”? Father ours the one in the heavens Or, to make it closer to actual English: Our Father, in the heavens The ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς has no direct equivalent form in English, it literally means the one in the heavens Well, the sky actually, but some poetic license is assumed
I and someone, me and someone or I and someone we To add to the other answers, a trick for the native speaker to see whether to use "I" or "me" in a sentence is to take away the "someone" from the sentence and see which option sounds best
punctuation - Oh, dear! vs. Oh dear! - English Language Usage . . . Oh my heavens; Oh for Pete’s sake; Oh for the love of; As you can see, there are exceptions, but most do not use use the comma after the oh One old but interesting examples is the line from Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, because you can find it variously punctuated O, for the love of laughter, let him fetch his drum;