Idioms—phrases that come to mean more than each word's "literal meaning" on their own—have been a part of spoken language for a long time. They may change as the years go by and often vary ...

I cannot even begin to fathom the ballpark figure of how many idioms originate from the sporting realm, but let’s get the ball rolling and take a look at some of the familiar phrases that come ...

The whole phrase gift of the gab seems to have emerged around 1680, and by the late 1700s, gab was frequently used in English to refer to chatter.

An expression in Italy is being used to mean insulating yourself from the world's unpleasantness.

Scientists trying to work out where a starfish’s head is have come to a startling conclusion: it is effectively the whole animal. As well as solving this longstanding mystery, the finding will ...

Morning Mix ‘Who is Scott Free?’ A search for meaning after Trump’s misuse of a medieval idiom.

More recent sports idioms Martin: In recent years, we’re seeing more terms from other popular sports, like football and basketball come in.

College professors have picked “doryangbalho" (跳梁跋扈), a four-character Chinese idiom meaning “running wild while exercising power at will,” as the expression that best describes ...