expressions - Origin and meaning of You catch more flies with honey . . . I risk confusing the jadarnel with this aside, but a funny observation has been made that you actually attract more fruit flies with vinegar than honey, because the acetic acid in vinegar makes them think they sense fruit Of course, the point stands that you can get what you want done better with sweetness kindness rather than with a caustic attitude
Youll find that. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Thats an interesting question If you were to say "You will find the crisps in the cupboard" you would be stating a fact, or saying if you were to look you would find something to be true I would assume then that saying "You'll find that " would be a shorter way of saying, if you were to check this fact you would find it to be true
idioms - Whats the etymology of when the sh*t hits the fan . . . Possible sources Partridge says it's US and Canada slang from c 1930, and that Norman Franklin says (1976) the original reference is to ther agricultural muck-spreader, and also mentions the following joke as perhaps valid The Online Etymology Dictionary says: The expression [the shit hits the fan] is related to, and may well derive from, an old joke A man in a crowded bar needed to
Youll have had your tea - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Your question is about the meaning of the idiom, so I'll make this a comment rather than an answer, but to explain the odd verb tense: that construction means something like, "I assume that I ask you if you've had your tea, it will turn out that you have " The future-ness comes from that implied finding out So that verb tense is itself a bit of an idiom, turning the statement into an
You will have to Vs Have to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange You will have to do that This is the future tense You will need to If you want to lose weight, you will have to eat less or exercise more You have to do that This is the present tense You need to you must To lose weight, you have to eat less or exercise more
Formal or polite alternative for f***ing around [closed] I want to tell my uncle that I am "f***ing around" but I certainly can't use the F word I googled it but I didn't find the phrase word I am looking for I am wasting my time doing silly things an
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