Why, when someone’s unhappy about something, do we say someone’s nose is out of joint or out of socket? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Nose Out of Joint” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Oh, this is Scott...
Keith in San Diego grew up in South Louisiana saying get down to mean getting out of a car, as in asking passengers whether everyone is getting down. In Cajun country, that use is likely a calque, a direct translation from French, where descendre...