Right off the bat, it’s easy to think of several everyday expressions that derive from America’s pastime–including “right off the bat.” The Dickson Baseball Dictionary catalogues not only those contributions but also more obscure terms like “pebble...
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote, in a Supreme Court opinion no less, that “a word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in...
get loose v. phr.— «Johns and former international Wendell Sailor, who is serving a two-year ban for testing positive to cocaine, were both part of the 22-man Australian squad. Players on the tour, on which heavy alcohol consumption was...