It’s raining cats & dogs!
It’s been raining quite a lot in Sydney the last few weeks… some might say it’s been raining cats & dogs… WHAT??? No wonder the English language is the hardest to learn, when we have phrases like that. What does it mean? Where does it come from? Has it actually ever happened (I highly doubt...
Why “Bee’s Knees”?
Over coffee this morning, a friend said “That’s the bees knees!”. Now, this is a common phrase, I even use it myself… but where does this term come from? Enter, Google: ? Meaning: Excellent – the highest quality. Origin: It’s difficult to know if we need an etymologist or an entomologist for this one. Bees...
