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Cheap and Expensive

Can you describe a price as cheap or expensive, or are those words only properly applied to the item for sale, rather than the price? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Cheap and Expensive” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Good...

Can’t See a White Cat

More great color idioms, this time from Serbo-Croatian: In that language, a phrase that translates as “I can’t see a white cat” means “I’m very tired,” and to “stare like a calf at a colorful door” means to “look upon something with surprise and...