Rod in Alexandria, Louisiana, says that in his real estate business, cut to the chase means to “get to the bottom line.” In the early days of the movie industry, when a sagging plot could be livened up by cutting directly to an exciting...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has been puzzling over metaphors that involve an action performed on a noun. For example, say he’s writing an essay and suddenly gets some new ideas that inspire him. It’s not literally that he was traveling in a...
after n.— «This physical contest led to a considerable amount of “afters,” as rugby players like to call the little bits of niggle which sometimes follow action at the contact area. There was certainly some physical stuff...
poop-butt n.— «He could not see the man’s eyes behind the dark shades. But had seen the lean, cruel face before. A face like the faces of other toughs Willie had come up against in the streets. He had grown up with them. He had been one...
lean forward v. phr. to be proactive; to initiate a process or action. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)