Eduarda phones from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to ask about the English expression burn the midnight oil, meaning “to work late.” The phrase goes back to the days of having to use oil lamps for illumination at night. A Spanish idiom somewhat along...
dinosaur wine n.— «WD-40 contains petroleum distillates, PERIOD. No fish oil, no anise, no diddly. Just well-processed “dinosaur wine.”» —“Re: WD-40 and Fish?” by Tom Fry in Trail, British Columbia Usenet: rec.outdoors.fishing May 23, 1995...