Yea square pegs fit in round holes "with just the sides open". That one goes both ways. The shapes you are left with are just different. (Triangles with concave bottoms or tops of circles with a flat bottom; like D)
i thought "frog in your throat" had a meaning more similar to "cat's got your tongue" type of thing? Whereas lump in your throat is more like nerves/being anxious awaiting some type of response or something?
I think the one about finding a good wife is quite dated in its misogyny. Something more neutral in place of that perhaps? Or can we just change it to "spouse"?
Wayy too little time. I didnt even get to read the last quarter. And that was without taking time thinking about the answers. Just if I knew it I typed the answer if not I skipped it (did need to type one or two twice, thorn in the eye and another)
The person that said he finished with 3:22 left must be joking.. the quiz is only 2 minutes long..
(Also cog in the works or mechanism? Imo systems are electronic and dont have cogs, you dont call what is in a clock a system, but a mechanism. I understand if mine arent accepted, but system does not seem correct.)
The US Republican Party used it in a 1928 campaign advertisement touting a period of "Republican prosperity" that had provided a "chicken in every pot. And a car in every backyard, to boot."
Are you American? If so, that IS weird. Why do you feel the need to spell words differently? You would have to deliberately decide to do that just for the sake of being different or special or something, or to get attention. Americans don't spell words like that. So if you're American and living in America, that would be cringey to do.
Even if you're not American, if you're in a business setting using written communication with Americans, it would be odd and even a bit disrespectful to not use the American spelling of those words imo. If you're working within a country, you should use the language of the culture you're in. That includes spelling words the proper, accepted way for that country.
Also, your donation is a drop in the.....ocean?
Never heard the one about the politician before.
"drop in the ocean" returns more than three times as many results on google that "drop in bucket"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/a-drop-in-the-ocean
now putting ☆ in ♡, is more tricky ;)
"frog in your throat" is that scratchy feeling you get in your throat, so you cough to try and clear it.
The person that said he finished with 3:22 left must be joking.. the quiz is only 2 minutes long..
(Also cog in the works or mechanism? Imo systems are electronic and dont have cogs, you dont call what is in a clock a system, but a mechanism. I understand if mine arent accepted, but system does not seem correct.)
Even if you're not American, if you're in a business setting using written communication with Americans, it would be odd and even a bit disrespectful to not use the American spelling of those words imo. If you're working within a country, you should use the language of the culture you're in. That includes spelling words the proper, accepted way for that country.