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What is origin of the phrase as gay as cheese? If it helps, the main character is a Cornish barber, so I suppose it might be a regional phrase My central question is, is there a meaning to the phrase, like it referring to the bright color of some cheeses (playing off of the idea of brighter colors being considered happier colors) or is it intentionally random like "the cat's pajamas"?
To some vs. for some - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The sun appears to some (people) brighter in the afternoons than in the mornings For and to are interchangeable where they are not selected and where, roughly, they express an opinion or belief, as in: For some, the sun is a god to be appeased with offerings of fatted calves and crosswords
punctuation - Should I include a period in a quote when the quote is in . . . It will comfort you to know, I know, that our prospects are somewhat brighter So we might have expected Empson to punctuate the quoted sentence with a period if his goal had been to be absolutely faithful to the punctuation used in the original letter—absent the U S convention of replacing an end period with a comma under such
meaning - I would want to vs. I would like to - English Language . . . What is your exact context? For most purposes you should probably stick to saying what you would like to do But, consider I will come to your party tonight, but I probably won't stay long If John isn't there to drive us back, I would want to leave before midnight to catch the last bus I find want better than like there, because idiomatically speaking I would like [to do X] has become so
Some questions about the lyric of so feel autumn rain I feel brighter somehow, lighter somehow to breathe once again So fell autumn rain, washed my sorrows away With the sunset behind somehow I find the dreams are to stay So fell autumn rain Blinded by dawning so you would take me Further away, away from the fall Oh, you told me I must never dream again A true damnation, you left me the pain
When was the phrase sunlit uplands first used? Ian Irvine, in Prospect {Oct 6 2019} claims that the phrase was introduced (at least into the public conciousness) by Churchill in his 'Finest Hour' (1940) speech << The way we were: sunlit uplands Johnson was far from the first to promise them Churchill got there first 1940 Winston Churchill addresses the nation on the radio: “Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island
Is it true that English has no future tense? The common way to form what is termed the future in English is will shall + bare infinitive: In 3 5 billion years, the sun will be 40 percent brighter than it is right now, which will cause the oceans to boil, the ice caps to permanently melt, and all water vapor in the atmosphere to be lost to space
Is there a word for happiness made possible by a tragic situation? It acknowledges the fall, but views it through a lens of fortune due to the greater glory of redemption (think of sun shining brighter after a storm) Another way the idea is often put is "fortunate fall " Again, it is steeped in theology so may not work for your use, but the concept is rich at least