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expressions - Does reinventing the wheel have negative or positive . . . Reinventing the wheel is definitely negative, meaning coming up with something long known by everyone, common and standard, and present it as if it was something groundbreaking and new, or putting a lot of work and research into coming up with a well known result There's an engineer's proverb joke concerning this:
phrases - Third wheel or fifth wheel? - English Language Usage . . . A Google Books search confirms Ammer's assertion that the original allusion is to an unnecessary wheel added to a four-wheeled vehicle In Google Books search results for the phrases "like a the fifth wheel" and "like a the third wheel," most of the earliest matches involve fifth wheels
How common is it for windmill to be pronounced rhyming with wheel? Coincidentally, however, I heard Michal Douglas' character Steve Keller in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco pronounce "windmill" to rhyme with "wheel" as well That leads me to think it may be in common use somewhere If it is of any help, my brother-in-law is from Colorado and Wikipedia says that Michael Douglas is from New Jersey
Opposite of Squeaky wheel gets the grease - slang The squeaky wheel gets the grease is an American proverb used to convey the idea that the most noticeable (or loudest) problems are the ones most likely to get attention
word choice - What’s the difference between tire and tyre . . . It is a question of regional usage but according to The Grammarist tire is used mainly in the US and Canada: Tire and tyre both mean a covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber Tire is the preferred spelling in the U S and Canada Tyre is preferred in most varieties of English outside North America Of course, all English speakers use tire in the sense to grow weary This preference
lyrics - What does dire is the horsemans wheel mean? - English . . . Dire is the horseman’s wheel, Shivering the ranks of steel— Still victor in battle-field, Scotland the Brave! Anonymous (James Hyslop) ‘ Scottish National Melody ’ In The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, April 1821, p 361 There is another publication in 1836, where the wording is slightly different: Proud heart, and
idioms - What does the phrase: Lets throw a little wrench in his . . . The expression is most likely a variation of the idiom to put throw a spanner in the works It describes the act of sabotaging or hindering a plan or project The origin is rather obvious in this case if you think about, for example, throwing a wrench (AE) or spanner (BrE) into the spokes of a turning wheel
What is a wheal? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange OED has wheal n 3 Etymology: < Cornish huel local A mine 1830 Eng For Mining Gloss Wheal is an Anglicisation of the Cornish word It's interesting that Wiktionary's earliest citation appears to predate OED: 1829, Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire, page 528, The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which