If a suspect is at large, he is moving about freely. The term at large, which comes to us via French from Latin, refers not to size but to distance. The phrase by and large, meaning “generally” or “on the whole,” derives from...
A cabochon is a convex gem or bead that’s highly polished but not faceted. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Cabochon” I have a pair of earrings that I only recently figured out how to describe. They’re...
Martha talks about the hoopoe, that colorful, clownish, extremely smelly bird—with a likely linguistic connection to defrauded hedge fund investors.