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  • What is the origin of the phrase The knives are out for. .
    Knives are out for is an idiomatic expression based on the more common saying be out to do for something: meaning: to be aiming to do something or to get something These are dangerous men, and they are out for revenge (Macmillan Dictionary) The metaphoric sense is quite intuitive and its earliest usages appear to date back to the late’50s early ‘60s according to Google Books From Tide
  • etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Chiv is from chivomengro (meaning knife in Gypsy or Romani language) according to several sources Most cant terms are said to be from Anglo-Romani language which has roots in Sanskrit The word might be related to the Gypsy word churi (meaning knife) and ultimately Sanskrit word छुरी (churī) (meaning knife, dagger)
  • What is the etymology of the word shanked? [closed]
    The Urban Dictionary suggests its origin as a verb meaning stabbed as prison slang Shanked, shank orgin: prison slang shanked: to be stabbed with a homemade knife made out of scrap of metal found anywhere and sharpend like a knife and bottom tightly wrapped with a cloth as a handle
  • origin of the expression trying to catch a falling knife?
    What is the origin of the expression "trying to catch a falling knife"? I have just read it and I wonder how it came up to be a common expression
  • meaning - What did Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great essayist, mean in . . .
    1 This wasn't actually ever said by Emerson - according to Wikepedia the actual quote is: "If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods "
  • phrase meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Sharpen in this context means to make better It's a metaphor that comes from the act of sharpening knives You sharpen a knife when it's dull to make it perform better There's an even better word you can use: hone Hone 1 Sharpen (a blade) 2 Refine or perfect (something) over a period of time "She has spent countless hours at the keyboard, honing her skills " Here sharpen means the same
  • expressions - Ive got my work cut out for me. Origin, meaning . . .
    The phrase "I've got my work cut out for me" I have until now mistaken to mean: "The work that I have to do is largely completed (due to efforts by others beforehand), and only need to do a little
  • Is blunt the right expression for directness?
    When blunt is used metaphorically to mean direct, it typically implies that the speaker's negligence, apathy, or ineptitude is to blame for why their words are so unembellished There's no display of fine craftsmanship You're right that the antonym of this meaning of blunt is not sharp, but the two words are not synonyms either
  • Meaning of “show out” (intransitive form, NOT show someone out)
    The pop star always shows out with incredibly extravagant, often outrageous, outfits To perform some task with as much energy, enthusiasm, and determination as possible It's going to be tough to win today's game, but if we all show out, we can accomplish anything! Farlex Dictionary of Idioms intransitive
  • Word for the noise made by a knife - English Language Usage Stack . . .
    There can't be a single word to describe so many different noises, or if there was such a word it wouldn't be very useful I suggest the swish of a knife through the air Hitting a metal object (parried by another blade, or hitting armour or a shield) would be better served by clang If a knife struck a living body, the dominant noise would be the cry of pain; chopping at a dead body would be





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