If you cut something to the quick, it means you’re getting at its very essence. It comes from the Old English word cwicu, meaning alive. It’s the source of the quick in the phrase the quick and the dead, as well as the words quicksilver (“living...
A Wisconsin man says he learned an expression that sounds like quixibar from his father to describe something confusing or befuddling. But he’s never heard anyone else use it. Is it unique to his family? This is part of a complete episode...
Grant and Martha reveal what books are on their own nightstands, waiting to be read. Just the top of the stacks, natch, because there are just too many. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Books Waiting to be Read” Earlier in the...