Having a chip on one’s shoulder means spoiling for a fight. Frank from Richardson, Texas, and his son wondered what kind of chip that was after hearing about a Dallas Cowboys player’s tattoo combining his draft number with a potato chip...
Novelist Charles Dickens created many unforgettable characters, but he’s also responsible for coining or popularizing lots of words, like “flummox” and “butterfingers.” Also, the life’s work of slang lexicographer...
To keep something at bay means to maintain a safe distance from it. But does this expression derive from an old practice of using bay leaves to ward off pestilence? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Keep At Bay” Hello...