You Can’t Say That~A bit of Pother
Here we go, deep into the rabbit hole again, with a unique, and possibly unfamiliar phrase! So could or would my characters have said “A bit of pother”?
Continue reading →Category Archives: A Turn of Phrase
You Can’t Say That~Cut off your nose
Do you think “Cut off your nose to spite your face” was said back in the Victorian era?
Continue reading →You Can’t Say That~Pulling out all the stops
This week’s entry is ‘Pulling out all the stops’ which actually has a pretty interesting history.
Continue reading →You can’t say that~Stealing thunder
Where does the expression come from? It’s a question I often ask while editing.
Continue reading →Great Green Dragons, not Green Great Dragons
English is weird.
So all of you already knew that. But trust me, when you’re a writer, it gets even weirder.