TweetWe all know when someone has “kicked the bucket” they are dead, but what does kicking a bucket have anything to do with death? Possibly someone stumbled on a bucket on their way down th… Read more

TweetWe all have that long winded uncle in the family – the one who tells the same story over and over again, but never gets to the point. We want him to “cut to the chase” or get to t… Read more

TweetTo be caught red handed applies to anything from the police catching a crook to a kid getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. If a person were caught for a crime why would their… Read more

We have all heard the expression “it ain’t over until the fat lady sings”; meaning nothing is said and done until the final act is played out. Who came up with this saying and what does a fa… Read more

TweetNeedless to say, most of us have heard the expression “nothing in this life is certain but death and taxes”. This expression would be true for everyone except the Queen of England (whic… Read more

TweetMany of us were probably told as children about the cow jumping over the moon some of us were probably told the moon was made of green cheese. Some of us, myself included, believed it;… Read more

TweetWe have all heard the term “bite the bullet” when it comes to dealing with something we don’t want to do; but what does biting a bullet have to do with enduring something that we deem u… Read more

TweetEveryone has heard the expression, “I’m exhausted; I’m going to hit the hay”. Unless you live on a farm and sleep in the barn, this expression makes little to no sense in th… Read more