Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in the wording. But those who talk of wake-up calls tend to have an easy-going way with words.
Every time you use the phrase all my life it has a different meaning.
Good morning is a contradiction of terms.
When people say “clean as a whistle”, they forget that a whistle is full of spit.
Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
March 4th, the only day that is also a sentence
...larger than life...I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?
Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.
