Here’s one that’s sure to lull a restless child into sleep: “night night chicken butt ham head yoo hoo!” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Saying Goodnight” Grant, one more thing to say about that...
A native Japanese speaker is mystified by the expression “happy as a clam.” In Japanese, she says, if you had a good night’s sleep you might say you “slept like a clam” or “slept like mud.” So why do English...
Good night, nurse! is an old-fashioned exclamation for surprise, disbelief, or frustration, and Debbie in Dallas, Texas, uses it as a cussword substitute. An early example dates to 1908, close to British lexicographer Eric Partridge’s estimate of...